How To: Get Quick-Access Pandora Controls in the Notification Tray of Your Galaxy Note 3

How To: Get Quick-Access Pandora Controls in the Notification Tray of Your Galaxy Note 3

According to a recent survey conducted by Edison Research and Statista, Pandora still has a firm grasp as the most popular music streaming service in the United States. With iHeartRadio, iTunes Radio, and even Spotify trailing behind by a large margin, it doesn't look like Pandora will lose their footing in the near future. Pandora's dominance. Image via Statista While Pandora has consistently rolled out new updates that improve their application, making it increasingly more popular as they add labels, artists, and countries in which the service operates, there's one important feature that they have persistently neglected to touch—music controls in the notification shade.Most likely, this feature remains unseen because having to go into the Pandora app to do simple things like change tracks or give a thumbs up means that you'll likely see an ad or two, which lines Pandora's pockets. Now, thanks to popular Android developer MohammadAG, you can enable music controls and album covers from Pandora right in the notification tray. Please enable JavaScript to watch this video.
Step 1: PrerequisitesSince this app is not available on Google Play and needs root permissions to work, you'll need to have the following three things taken care of on your Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (or other Android device).Root access Xposed Framework Unknown Sources enabled

Step 2: Install Force Pandora Rich NotificationDownload Force Pandora Rich Notification through the Modules section of Xposed Framework, or get the APK directly from the Xposed Module Repository. After the module has been downloaded and installed, activate it and reboot your device.

Step 3: Open PandoraNow when you play a song from Pandora, it will appear as a truly "rich" notification, complete with album cover, and thumbs up/down, play/pause, and next buttons, as opposed to the bare notification we're accustomed to in the notification drawer. (1) Original Pandora notification. (2) New Pandora rich notification. Now, there's no need to exit the app you're in and open Pandora just to change tracks or like/dislike a track—simply pull down your notification drawer, do your thing, and get back to business.



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Step 1: Install Bar Launcher. To get app shortcuts in your notification tray, just install Bar Launcher (free on Google Play) from dev Johannes Obermair.As the name implies, a bar of customizable shortcuts will be added to your notification tray, and you can access the apps from anywhere you can pull down the tray.
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From any screen, you can now simply expand your notification tray to get quick access to media volume controls. There are buttons for lowering and raising the volume as well as muting it altogether, so you should never be caught off guard by blaring video volumes again.
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Step 3: Edit the Notes. Since this app functions as a sort of Post-it note for your Notification Center, there's only one sheet available. Whenever you want to change the note, either entirely or just to add or subtract something from it, just tap on the widget in the Notification Center or go directly to the NoteDash app to make your changes.


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Pandora's dominance. Image via Statista. While Pandora has consistently rolled out new updates that improve their application, making it increasingly more popular as they add labels, artists, and countries in which the service operates, there's one important feature that they have persistently neglected to touch—music controls in the notification shade.
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