How to create Dynamic Island on Android smartphones is identical to iPhone 14 Pro

The biggest change in the duo iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max are equipped with a notched screen to place the camera and FaceID sensor right in the screen instead of the previous “rabbit ears”.< /p>

Apple has also introduced a feature called Dynamic Island which is a special type of interface to help hide the notch on the screen iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max. Applications When running on this product duo, there will be an interface displayed around the notch on the screen. Users can touch this to open the interface or control functions on the application…

Currently, many smartphones running Android also has a “punched” screen design (also known as a “mole”) to arrange the front camera right inside the screen, which also creates a defect on the screen. Thus, users can completely bring the Dynamic Island feature similar to the iPhone 14 Pro to their Android smartphone.

In case you love the Dynamic Island feature, Android users can use the app. The application is called dynamicBar. This is a free application that helps create an interface around the front camera area of ​​Android smartphones to display information about running applications.

Installation and setup instructions application

dynamicBar is an application developed by a member of the famous XDA-Developers forum for programmers. The application is still in the development stage but has received a lot of response from users.

Currently the application has not been officially released on the Google Play app store so users only You can download and install the application via the .apk file (application installation file format for Android smartphones).

Readers can download the application installation file for free at here. After downloading, see how to install the application on your smartphone from the .apk file provided by Dan Tri instructions here.

After installing and activating dynamicBar, the first step is to set up and grant permissions for the application to operate.

In the main interface that appears, first select “Allow us the permission to get the current phone status to show the ongoing call dialog” then press the “Allow” button in the dialog box that appears to grant permission.

Click on the “Allow the notification permission to” option respond to notifications from selected applications” then find and activate the “dynamic Bar” option from the list that appears. Click the “Allow” button in the dialog box that appears next.

Go back to the application’s setup interface and select “To enable this app to display dynamicBar please allow the Accessibility permission”. Click “OK” from the dialog box that appears, then click “Installed applications” in the next interface.

Find and select dynamic Bar from the list to switch from “Off” mode ” to “On”. Click “Allow” in the last dialog box that appears.

So you have completed the steps to set up dynamicBar on your smartphone. Immediately after completing setup, a “pill” screen interface similar to Dynamic Island on iPhone will appear on your smartphone screen.

Instructions for using dynamicBar

Instructions for using dynamicBar

After completing the installation steps, return to the dynamicBar application interface and press the “Start” button to change the application settings.

At the interface To set up the application, press the “Modify” button and then press the “Select” button in the “Choose Apps” section to select applications that can appear notifications on the dynamicBar.

Application default dynamicBar will allow all applications to display notifications on the dynamicBar. You should only choose a few applications that you regularly use to display notifications on the dynamicBar.

Now every time the selected applications have notifications (for example, there are updates on Facebook messages incoming calls)… or active applications (such as music applications, timer applications…) dynamicBar will display notifications at the front camera position on smartphones similar to Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro.

You can click on the position of the dynamicBar to quickly activate running applications or open incoming application notifications without having to click on the application icon as before.

< p>If there are multiple notifications coming from different applications or there are multiple applications running dynamicBar allows users to swipe back and forth to switch and view notifications (or dashboards) of each application.

Overall dynamicBar is a useful application to bring a new experience that allows users to quickly access the applications they are using.