Within the app, Textra by default substitutes its own font for the system font, but you have the ability to to change it to the system default. The dark background with blue and green accents really looks great on an AMOLED screen. I went with a pretty stock look since I really love how Textra looks out of the box. In the customization window you’ll find options for background color (light, dark and black), a ton of theme colors that control the color of the top bar and accent color, bubble colors within the conversation window, and app icon color. Textra gives you pretty powerful customization tools for a texting app. We’ll have to see if this feature evolves in Android N as Google is introducing quick replies from within the notification shade. I personally love this feature because it lets me stay within the app I’m in and reply to a message easily. When you have a new text notification, tapping the alert will open up a quick reply prompt that shows you a small snippet of your conversation and the full keyboard. Quick Reply is baked into the functionality of Textra. I use this feature a few times a week and it’s always reliable. Whether you want to be the first to wish a friend happy birthday at 12:01 on their special day, or you don’t want to risk waking someone up with an early morning text, message scheduling removes the human error involved in remembering to get back in your SMS app to send out important info. The ability to schedule a text message to go out at a specific time is super convenient. That’s right, Textra supports the finding and sending of gifs through giphy. Here you can select an emoji, take a picture directly from the app, browse through your gallery to pick a picture to send to your friend, time delay a message, share a contact card, or find a gif to send to a friend. Tapping the plus sign above the keyboard opens up a ton of options. Tapping the contact picture in the top right corner opens up their contact card with options to make a call or go into their contact entry in your phone book. Inside your conversation is where Textra becomes very powerful. A swipe to the left will reveal a trash icon to delete the thread and a swipe to the right reveals a phone icon to enable you to make a call straight from the conversation list. The graphics look great and the integration is great.
Where Textra differs from others is the ability to swipe the conversations left or right for more actions. Textra, like many other messaging apps, is centered around a list of threaded conversations.
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