[UPDATE] This is why I love the Android community. After posting this, several people responded over on Google+ that this is indeed a feature, not a bug. In fact the team over at Droid Life reported on this back in May… and I just missed it.
Like many of you who have Nexus devices, I’ve upgraded both my Nexus 6 and my Nexus 7 (2013) to Android Marshmallow and so far I’ve been pretty pleased (let me know how it has gone for you by taking my site poll). However I have noted a strange behavior with the Notification Drawer and my Nexus 7. Before I go through the bug report process I want to see if anyone else has seen this behavior and I reserve the right to get smarter: Did I miss a feature in Marshmallow that would cause this behavior? Further, for you Nexus 9 owners, are you seeing the same thing too?
If you have a Nexus 7 (2013) running Android Marshmallow, turn it into Landscape mode. Now swipe from the top center to pull down the Notification drawer. Now do that same swipe but do it
Nexus 7 Notification Drawer
towards the top right or the top left. Did the Notification Drawer appear where you swiped, i.e., off center? Take a look at my screen capture to see what I’m talking about to the right.
To me this feels like a bug but I’m also willing to admit that maybe this is something that Google has done by design – for now or for the future – in Marshmallow. If it is for the now I’m willing to buy a clue. I haven’t one on why it would do this.
I’m particularly curious if any of you how have a Nexus 7 or Nexus 9 running Marshmallow see this behavior. Leave a commit here or on Google+ and let me know.
