From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   David Oseas  wrote:   
      
   > NotiStar   
      
   I installed Good Lock, and then it's Notistar app (which can be   
   installed separately of Good Lock).  It offers saving a shortcut to   
   notifications, except:   
      
   - The shortcut is on the lock screen.  I don't want anyone to looking at   
     my notifications when the phone is supposed to be locked.   
   - No shortcut on the home screen which is where and when I need to view   
     the notifications history.   
   - Notistar must be started to record notifications thereafter.  It will   
     not list the notifications already sitting in notifications history.   
     It records new notifications, not show old+new ones.   
   - I have my phone use Extend Unlock (by location at my home, and   
     Bluetooth connect to my desktop PC), so my phone doesn't lock while   
     I'm home.  Notistar's shortcut is on the lock screen which I won't get   
     at home.   
      
   Didn't help with what I wanted: shortcut on home screen to Settings ->   
   Notifications -> Advanced -> Notifications history.   
      
   Decided to use Activity Launcher mentioned by Andy.  It let my create a   
   shortcut on the home screen (not lock screen) that used the Settings   
   activity event to show the notifications history.  Wish it created   
   smaller icons, but then 1x1 is the smallest size.  Knowing which app to   
   pick (Settings) and which activity to choose were the difficult tasks.   
   it lets me pick a different icon, but the list showing available icons   
   is so tiny that I had to use a magnifying glass to view, and a stylus to   
   pick the wanted icon.  Still, it worked to give me a shortcut where I   
   wanted that went to where I wanted without using some app that had its   
   own record mode for tracking notifications.   
      
   Thanks for the Notistar mention, but not really what I wanted.  I did   
   use Good Lock's Home Up app to add a string to my home screen: "This   
   phone: " to remind me the number for my mobile service.  I   
   rarely call my own cell phone, and dole out my Google Voice number to   
   everyone that wants or needs my phone number.  GV calls all my phones.   
   However, there are some sites that won't accept VOIP numbers, so I have   
   to dole out my mobile number, but I don't remember it.  Digging into   
   Settings -> About phone is clumsy and laggy.  On my old LG V20 phone, it   
   had a 2nd screen with multiple panels where I used the Signature panel   
   to show my mobile number making it quick and easy to lookup.  With Home   
   Up, I added a note to the home screen noting my mobile number.  Easy to   
   find, no having to tap through to anywhere else.  I've had that mobile   
   number for a decade, yet I still have problems remembering it from rare   
   need to dole it out.  I usually get the area code wrong.   
      
   So, I found some good use for Good Lock with the Home Up app it loads,   
   but the Notistar wasn't of use to me, and Activity Launcher was the   
   better solution.   
      
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