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Floating Info APK

Latest Version 2.1 for Windows
Updated 2017-11-12

App information

Version 2.1 (#21)

Updated 2017-11-12

APK Size 1.9 MB

Requires Android Android 4.1+ (Jelly Bean)

Offered by Alexandros Schillings

Category Free Tools App

App id uk.co.alt236.floatinginfo

Developer's notes Show information about the currently foregrounded app and the OS as an overlay.

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Latest updates

What's new in Floating Info 2.1

v1.0: First public release
v2.0: Conversion to Android Studio, Lollipop support, network info, onboarding
v2.1: Added Locale info, Oreo support

Editor's review

Download the latest Floating Info application, version 2.1, compatible with Windows 10/11 (using emulators such as Bluestacks), Android devices. This free Tools app is developed by Alexandros Schillings and is easy to download and install.

Previous versions, including 2.1, are also available. If you need help or have any problems, please let us know.

Description

Fun fact: Since Android Nougat apps cannot get the PID of other apps. This makes displaying the Memory info for apps other than Floating Info itself impossible. All other functionality will still work.

Floating Info is an Android application that displays the following in a system overlay window:

The application name, package name and process id (except on Nougat+) of the application which is currently in the device's foreground
The Global CPU utilisation with a per-core breakdown - This is not foreground application specific.
Memory usage breakdown for the currently foregrounded process - except on Nougat+ (read the notes for the caveats).
Netork information like connection type, proxy status and IP address(es). Both IPv4 and IPv6

Notes and Caveats
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* The application will show the memory allocation of the currently foregrounded process which it gets by getting the Process Id of the currently foregrounded activity. This means that if an application has spawned multiple processes, this application will only show the memory utilisation of the main process.
* The Memory information displayed come via a Debug.MemoryInfo object, while using reflection to expose a number of hidden fields.
* Data updates happen approximately every 1 second.

Android Memory Usage
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Memory management on Android is pretty complex and the easiest way to get started with understanding it is reading this article (https://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/debugging-memory.html) - especially the "Viewing Overall Memory Allocations" section.

GitHub Link: https://github.com/alt236/Floating-Info---Android

App permissions

Floating Info 2.1 APK requires following permissions:

Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.

This constant was deprecated in API level 21. No longer enforced.

Allows an application to collect component usage statistics
Declaring the permission implies intention to use the API and the user of the device can grant permission through the Settings application.

Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Ratings and Reviews

Rating: 4.3/5 based on Less than 100 reviews

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3 ★ Android L+ incompatible

5 ★ Just what I wanted...:). Plizz do give the option to set the position of text on screen....and also make the size scroll value more precise...Add a graph or something like that...Thanks loved it!!! :D

2 ★ Hidden SSID name and other basic info don't show correctly.

5 ★ Thanks for this app

5 ★ Great product!

Previous versions

Floating Info 2.1 APK for Windows (#21, 1.9 MB)