Proposal: Toast feature like Android toast

[hupo376787]

Proposal: Toast feature, just like Android toast.

Summary

See the bottom toast, uwp has no toast like this currently.

[mdtauk]

The Windows Community Toolkit comes with this kind of control. InAppNotification

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/communitytoolkit/controls/inappnotification

Perhaps what you want is a timer dismiss option for this control, or perhaps moving it from the toolkit to the official control library.

[jesbis]

In addition to in-app notifications, the Windows Community Toolkit also has helpers for showing system-level toasts:

https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/uwp/design/shell/tiles-and-notifications/send-local-toast

You can also use the UWP toast APIs directly, but the Community Toolkit makes it easier.

[jevansaks]

Our 2.1 update also includes TeachingTip which can do this as well. See this section for something like what you want: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/design/controls-and-patterns/dialogs-and-flyouts/teaching-tip#non-targeted-tips

[hupo376787]

Sounds good

[hupo376787]

But teaching tip does not support a timer to auto close the tip

[jevansaks]

@hupo376787 thanks for the specifics on that, you're right that there is no timeout. Would you mind opening another issue to track that TeachingTip is missing a dismiss timeout? If not maybe @SavoySchuler can file it on your behalf?

[jevansaks]

On the other hand, system toasts auto-dismiss so maybe the recommendation should be to use a system toast if you want an ambient popup with timeout.

[mdtauk]

TeachingTip having a timeout was an idea discussed, but not implemented for Version 1. Maybe @SavoySchuler will be able to add that in the future

[hupo376787]

OK, thanks guys for your great work. Looking forward to this feature.

[SavoySchuler]

Hi, @hupo376787, I was just discussing with @mdtauk that I would be keen to open a TeachingTip V2 proposal if there were real app scenarios to drive it. Do you have one?

[mdtauk]

@SavoySchuler I think I remember discussing a timeout option with you, citing some old Windows Longhorn examples of a progress bar, on the message box, going down until the bubble/tip was dismissed.

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However I think this particular proposal, may be better served with the more light-weight #913 Status Banner proposal which I think came from an internal Microsoft dev, so is likely to be made.

[hupo376787]

I once made a app which style and behavior almost like android, see gif

[hupo376787]

Hi, guys. It seems TeachingTip still can't disappear automaticaly without any user interaction as android toast behavior.
The IsLightDismissEnabled property still need user to interact.
Do you have any plans?

[ranjeshj]

@hupo376787 There is a discussion on this in the TeachingTip v2 proposal here - #638