This is a technical article aimed at Android developers. It deals with undocumented features of the Android API and derives from experimental work.

You can browse and download the sample code included in this article at bitbucket.org/nicobo/tweaking-android-notifications.

For SwitchDataSwitch, I wanted to provide users with a 1-click solution to enable and disable data traffic (2G/3G/…). I chose the notification bar since it is a very accessible place, visible almost all the time and that can be...