View to display information such as chat in front

FloatingView

The Android project is View to display information such as chat in front.
To API Level 14 or later are supported

Requirements

Target Sdk Version : 25
Min Sdk Version : 14

How to use

1. Add this to your build.gradle.

repositories {
    maven {
        url "https://jitpack.io"
    }
}

dependencies {
  compile 'com.github.recruit-lifestyle:FloatingView:2.2.2'
}

2. Implement Service for displaying FloatingView

public class ChatHeadService extends Service {
  ... ...
}

3. You will do the setting of the View to be displayed in the FloatingView(Sample have a set in onStartCommand)

  final LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(this);
  final ImageView iconView = (ImageView) inflater.inflate(R.layout.widget_chathead, null, false);
  iconView.setOnClickListener(......);

4. Use the FloatingViewManager, make the setting of FloatingView

  mFloatingViewManager = new FloatingViewManager(this, this);
  mFloatingViewManager.setFixedTrashIconImage(R.drawable.ic_trash_fixed);
  mFloatingViewManager.setActionTrashIconImage(R.drawable.ic_trash_action);
  final FloatingViewManager.Options options = new FloatingViewManager.Options();
  options.overMargin = (int) (16 * metrics.density);
  mFloatingViewManager.addViewToWindow(iconView, options);

The second argument of FloatingViewManager is FloatingViewListener

Describe the process (onFinishFloatingView) that is called when you exit the FloatingView

    @Override
    public void onFinishFloatingView() {
        stopSelf();
    }

5. Add the permission to AndroidManifest

 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW"/>

6. Define the Service to AndroidManifest
   example)

    <application ...>
        ...
        <!-- Demo -->
        <service
            android:name="jp.co.recruit_lifestyle.sample.service.ChatHeadService"
            android:exported="false"/>
        ...
    </application>

7. Describe the process to start the Service (example of Fragment)

    final Activity activity = getActivity();
    activity.startService(new Intent(activity, ChatHeadService.class));

Static Options

It can be set only when displaying for the first time

example)

final FloatingViewManager.Options options = new FloatingViewManager.Options();
options.overMargin = (int) (16 * metrics.density);
mFloatingViewManager.addViewToWindow(iconView, options);

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