Banner notifications throughout iOS 10 are bland, lacking any visual appeal whatsoever. On the other hand, a new freejailbreak tweakdubbedCheaderby iOS developerridnaims to fix that.
Once installed, Cheader automatically colorizes your notification banners based on the dominant color found in the icon of the app that delivered the notification.
For example, theSnapchatnotification banner in the screenshot above is yellow, matching the icon, while theMessagesnotification banner is green, matching the Messages app icon. If you’re starting to see a pattern here, then you’re beginning to understand how Cheader works.
Worthy or note, not only does Cheader colorize banner header, but it colorizes the banner body as well. The header gets a much thicker coat of paint for visual emphasis, while the body gets a lighter coat to make reading the notification text easier on the eyes. In my personal opinion, it’s a great effect.
The tweak puts a preferences pane in the Settings app where you can configure a few options:
Among the things you can do here are:
Since Cheader’s colorization effects are system-wide, they affect banner notifications everywhere in iOS whether they appear on theLock screen, inNotification Center, or while you’re using an app. These color effects can also be configured to impact your Today widgets since they use the same UI resources that banner notifications do.
If you’re interested in giving Cheader a try because you like what you see, it’s available for free in Cydia’s BigBoss repository and works on alljailbrokeniOS 10 devices.
Do you like the aesthetics Cheader has to offer for banner notifications in iOS 10? Share in the comments section below.
