We’ve been aware for some time of the issues in replacing the default Android lock screen properly. Aside from the amazing UI and great feature set FlyScreen offers, the ability to properly replace the system lock screen with FlyScreen remains quite the challenge. Though we feel we have hacked together some great solutions, we still strive to offer a perfectly seamless and secure user experience.
The reality is that the current implementation is not one we are 100% happy with. Therefore, it is with great feelings of responsibility to our amazing user base that we will be offering “Lock Screen” and “Non-Lock Screen” modes in FlyScreen for now, until we can implement a solution we are happy with. This means, if you find the lock screen implementation disruptive, you will easily be able to shut it off, while being able to enjoy everything else that FlyScreen offers. No need to uninstall- you’ll be able to manually open and close it.
Lock-screen mode will still be optional, and you’ll be free to enable it as you wish. We’ll still be working as hard as possible with our friends at Google to better integrate FlyScreen into the Android experience. (And feel free to give out Tweet your Beef campaign another shot!)
This isn’t a step we wanted to take, but feel it’s necessary under the circumstances. User experience is of utmost importance to us, and we believe more people will be able to enjoy FlyScreen in the meantime, until a better solution is reached. Thank you all for your ongoing support, and we hope to have great news in the near future!
-Team FlyScreen