Stock SMS with dismiss from notification

[skiflyer]

I'm looking for an app that I can't seem to find.

I have a Nexus 5, stock but unlocked. Not rooted yet, but I will as soon as I get to an app that requires it.

I'm not a fan of the new hangouts, not because of the feature set, but because it's just heavier and slower than I want SMS to be.

I'd like to get the old stock SMS program back, but if I'm going to do that, I'd also like the ability to mark it read in notification. Does any one know of an SMS app like that? (Or did the latest version of stock have it? I haven't used it for awhile now even on other phones).

Thanks for any info, this little feature is driving me nuts mostly because I use MightText (which rocks), and I hate having to go back to my phone and manually dismiss all those conversations.

 

[Deleted User]

I've found that a lot of SMS popups will allow you to dismiss an incoming SMS and mark it read at the same time. That might be the easiest way for you to go.

 

[chanchan05]

Evolve SMS has a function to enable a "read" button in the notification area, and IMO it's way better than the stock Android SMS app.

 

[tube517]

Best SMS Kitkat options are: Evolve, 8SMS, and Messaging Classic 4.4 (haven't tried it but it is supposed to have that old "stock" look)

 

[Deleted User]

I'll have to check lot out Evolve

 

[skiflyer]

Just downloaded evolve, tried Textra yesterday after searching. Does what I need too, I'll have to see which I prefer.

Edit: Just a few minutes of messing with it, but Evolve looks great, and has the "per contact notification color" that I always miss when I go stock android.

 

[Deleted User]

Yep. I'm finding that so far, I really like it as well.