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Floating Info on Windows Pc

Developed By: Alexandros Schillings

License: Free

Rating: 4,3/5 - 20 votes

Last Updated: April 17, 2024

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Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 2.1
Size 1.9 MB
Release Date November 12, 17
Category Tools Apps

App Permissions:
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps. [see more (7)]

What's New:
v1.0: First public releasev2.0: Conversion to Android Studio, Lollipop support, network info, onboardingv2.1: Added Locale info, Oreo support [see more]

Description from Developer:
Fun fact: Since Android Nougat apps cannot get the PID of other apps. This makes displaying the Memory info for apps other than Floating Info itself impossible. All other functiona... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Floating Info and install on Windows PC. Floating Info is free Tools app, developed by Alexandros Schillings. Latest version of Floating Info is 2.1, was released on 2017-11-12 (updated on 2024-04-17). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1,000. Overall rating of Floating Info is 4,3. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 20 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 12 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Floating Info on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Floating Info on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Floating Info on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

  1. Install using BlueStacks
  2. Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install Floating Info using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Floating Info" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Floating Info on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Floating Info" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Other versions available: 2.1.

Download Floating Info 2.1 on Windows PC – 1.9 MB

Fun fact: Since Android Nougat apps cannot get the PID of other apps. This makes displaying the Memory info for apps other than Floating Info itself impossible. All other functionality will still work.

Floating Info is an Android application that displays the following in a system overlay window:

The application name, package name and process id (except on Nougat+) of the application which is currently in the device's foreground
The Global CPU utilisation with a per-core breakdown - This is not foreground application specific.
Memory usage breakdown for the currently foregrounded process - except on Nougat+ (read the notes for the caveats).
Netork information like connection type, proxy status and IP address(es). Both IPv4 and IPv6

Notes and Caveats
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* The application will show the memory allocation of the currently foregrounded process which it gets by getting the Process Id of the currently foregrounded activity. This means that if an application has spawned multiple processes, this application will only show the memory utilisation of the main process.
* The Memory information displayed come via a Debug.MemoryInfo object, while using reflection to expose a number of hidden fields.
* Data updates happen approximately every 1 second.

Android Memory Usage
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Memory management on Android is pretty complex and the easiest way to get started with understanding it is reading this article (https://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/debugging-memory.html) - especially the "Viewing Overall Memory Allocations" section.

GitHub Link: https://github.com/alt236/Floating-Info---Android
v1.0: First public release
v2.0: Conversion to Android Studio, Lollipop support, network info, onboarding
v2.1: Added Locale info, Oreo support
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
This constant was deprecated in API level 21. No longer enforced.
Allows an application to collect component usage statistics
Declaring the permission implies intention to use the API and the user of the device can grant permission through the Settings application.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to open network sockets.