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My guess it that the lightweight notifications in Android are called Toast because they popup like toast from a toaster. Can anyone confirm this or provide a better explanation? I am teaching a course on Android development and would like to edit the wiki, so I want to be sure to get it right.
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Mobile OS developers such as Android and iOS wanted to provide notifications to the users. The thing popped up from the bottom of the screen, a motion which was very similar of a toast popping up from the toaster when ready — so toast it was called.
"Settings" > "Notifications" > under "Recently Sent", click "More" > then at the top, drop the list down to select "All" > and then just turn off the apps you don't want to see anything from at all. BTW, you don't have to wait for the toast to go away on its own.
An Android Toast is a small message displayed on the screen, similar to a tool tip or other similar popup notification. A Toast is displayed on top of the main content of an activity, and only remains visible for a short time period.
Quoting wikipedia :
An ex-Microsoft employee of Google is credited with coining the term during the development of MSN Messenger, since Messenger's small notification windows slide upward into view, like toast popping out of a toaster
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And I always thought it was like a toast with a glass of wine, where you give a short message like "to your health" or "happy birthday" or "contact deleted".
But a toaster make more sense.
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