Hey all,
I've been on a mission to figure out a way to get manila to clear the "numbered" sms notification that shows up on the "messages" tab of manilla when you receive a new sms.
Here is what i have tried so far...
1. Attempted to find a way to add a "save as read" option in the "menu" softkey of the messages tab (similar to the option provided on the right softkey when the WinMo 6.1 notification bubble shows up with a new sms)... no luck, been told the .exe would have to be edited rather than just a simple reg edit
2. Searched and searched and found nothing...
3. Stumbled across this yesterday...
I received a new text when i was away from my phone. Both the normal 6.1 notification icon in the top bar and the "numbered" notification on the messages tab of manila showed up.
Before I did anything i happen to do a soft-reset. This cleared the 6.1 new msg icon in the top bar once it finished booting. I then scrolled to the messages tab of manila to read the new text and the "numbered" notification actually went away
After some testing/troubleshooting i realized that touchflo/manila actually must have the code written in to clear it's notification, BUT it for some reason it is trumped by the 6.1 notification. In other words... if the 6.1 notification icon is present in the top bar, then manila can't do it's job and clear the notification on the messages tab. Simply do a soft-reset (which clears that icon in the top bar) and manila will clear it's own notification when you read the text in the messages tab
makes sense that it would do this and therefore why a "save as read" option is not present in the right "menu" softkey
So...
Now i have been looking for a reg edit to disable that 6.1 new text notification icon showing up in the top bar when a new sms is received but have had no luck. I don't know if there is a reg already present in the registry to simply disable this, or if one will need to be created. Makes me think of the "SMSNoSentMsg" reg edit. It was not present, but someone figured out the sytax that 6.1 would recognize, added it, and we no longer had to deal with that annoying "message sent" popping up everytime we send a text.
I think that if we find or create this reg edit, then touchflo/manila will function as designed and clear it's notifications as you read them in the messages tab. I have tested it this way...
-sent multiple texts to myself
-had multiple notifications showing "on" the messages tab of manila and the new text icon present in the top bar
-did a soft-rest
-this cleared the new text icon in the top bar (but the messages tab still showed notifications)
-scrolled over to the messages tab in manila
-after about a second or so the notifications dropped from 2 to 1 "on" the tab
-swiped up to read the second
-after a second or so the last notification cleared
I'm by no means a programmer, but i think this is being caused by the fact that manila is a today plug on our Touch rather than a stand alone UI and it is fighting with 6.1 to work as designed. Of course 6.1 wins or "trumps" manila
This is why i think that if i find or figure out a way to syntax a registry entry to disable that new text notification icon from showing up in the top bar i think it will work
All you great minds out there let me know what you think!