HALO Posts on XDA

Access Apps in Halo Mode Faster with HaloShortcuts
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Access Apps in Halo Mode Faster with HaloShortcuts

December 19, 2013
It's pretty undeniable that Paranoid Android's revolutionary Halo feature is amazing. In fact, the idea that one can concurrently run a full-fledged app on top of another on a mobile device was so amazing that to many, it was like a caveman discovering fire. One limitation that was holding Halo back from its full potential, however,...
Change Your WhatsApp Notification Style with Seebye Chat Heads
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Change Your WhatsApp Notification Style with Seebye Chat Heads

November 18, 2013
WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps, and it's widely available on various mobile platforms. It allows users to contact friends in many countries cheaply. However, many are unhappy with its default UI, hence the dozens of themes spread across the forum. A great idea was presented by XDA Forum Member seebye, who decided...
Add Gestures to Toggle PIE Controls and HALO
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Add Gestures to Toggle PIE Controls and HALO

July 5, 2013
PIE Controls and HALO are two open source innovations created by the Paranoid Android team that are just unquestionably awesome. However, as awesome as they are, you may not want them enabled at all times. Enabling and disabling them only takes a few taps and not much effort, but it can be made even easier. If...
Floating Notifications and Multitasking with Open Sourced HALO – XDA Developer TV
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Floating Notifications and Multitasking with Open Sourced HALO – XDA Developer TV

June 25, 2013
The much maligned Android development known as Facebook Home has gone the way of the dodo bird. However, the “chat heads” feature of Facebook Messenger is still favored in the Paranoid Android feature called Halo. Halo was intended to bring a new level of multitasking to Paranoid Android ROMs by allowing the user to receive...
Paranoid Android Team Open Sources HALO
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Paranoid Android Team Open Sources HALO

June 10, 2013
We applaud new and interesting open source developments that look to find novel ways to solve a problem---things like the Xposed framework and OpenPDroid. It is these sort of projects that exemplify what open source is, and why we at XDA embrace it. It is also for that very same reason why we're excited about a new...