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Notifications

• depend on: implementation "com.android.support:support-compat:27.1.1"

01_create.java

//CHANNEL_ID required bu android 8+
NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this, CHANNEL_ID)
        .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.notification_icon)
        .setContentTitle(textTitle)
        .setContentText(textContent)
        // bigger text are
        .setStyle(new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle().bigText("Much longer text that cannot fit one line..."))
         // priority required by 7.1 or lower
        .setPriority(NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_DEFAULT);

02_create_channel.java

private void createNotificationChannel() {
    // Create the NotificationChannel, but only on API 26+ because
    // the NotificationChannel class is new and not in the support library
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
        CharSequence name = getString(R.string.channel_name);
        String description = getString(R.string.channel_description);
        int importance = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_DEFAULT;
        NotificationChannel channel = new NotificationChannel(CHANNEL_ID, name, importance);
        channel.setDescription(description);
        // Register the channel with the system; you can't change the importance
        // or other notification behaviors after this
        NotificationManager notificationManager = getSystemService(NotificationManager.class);
        notificationManager.createNotificationChannel(channel);
    }
}

03_tap_action.java

// Create an explicit intent for an Activity in your app
Intent intent = new Intent(this, AlertDetails.class);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, intent, 0);

NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this, CHANNEL_ID)
        .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.notification_icon)
        .setContentTitle("My notification")
        .setContentText("Hello World!")
        .setPriority(NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_DEFAULT)
        // Set the intent that will fire when the user taps the notification
        .setContentIntent(pendingIntent)
        .setAutoCancel(true);

04_action_buttons.java

Intent snoozeIntent = new Intent(this, MyBroadcastReceiver.class);
snoozeIntent.setAction(ACTION_SNOOZE);
snoozeIntent.putExtra(EXTRA_NOTIFICATION_ID, 0);
PendingIntent snoozePendingIntent =
        PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, snoozeIntent, 0);

NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this, CHANNEL_ID)
        .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.notification_icon)
        .setContentTitle("My notification")
        .setContentText("Hello World!")
        .setPriority(NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_DEFAULT)
        .setContentIntent(pendingIntent)
        .addAction(R.drawable.ic_snooze, getString(R.string.snooze),
                snoozePendingIntent);

05_reply_button.java

// Key for the string that's delivered in the action's intent.
private static final String KEY_TEXT_REPLY = "key_text_reply";

String replyLabel = getResources().getString(R.string.reply_label);
RemoteInput remoteInput = new RemoteInput.Builder(KEY_TEXT_REPLY)
        .setLabel(replyLabel)
        .build();

// Build a PendingIntent for the reply action to trigger.
PendingIntent replyPendingIntent =
        PendingIntent.getBroadcast(getApplicationContext(),
                conversation.getConversationId(),
                getMessageReplyIntent(conversation.getConversationId()),
                PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
// Create the reply action and add the remote input.
NotificationCompat.Action action =
        new NotificationCompat.Action.Builder(R.drawable.ic_reply_icon,
                getString(R.string.label), replyPendingIntent)
                .addRemoteInput(remoteInput)
                .build();

// Build the notification and add the action.
Notification newMessageNotification = new Notification.Builder(mContext, CHANNEL_ID)
        .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_message)
        .setContentTitle(getString(R.string.title))
        .setContentText(getString(R.string.content))
        .addAction(action)
        .build();

// Issue the notification.
NotificationManagerCompat notificationManager = NotificationManagerCompat.from(this);
notificationManager.notify(notificationId, newMessageNotification);

06_reply_button.java

private CharSequence getMessageText(Intent intent) {
    Bundle remoteInput = RemoteInput.getResultsFromIntent(intent);
    if (remoteInput != null) {
        return remoteInput.getCharSequence(KEY_TEXT_REPLY);
    }
    return null;
 }

// Build a new notification, which informs the user that the system
// handled their interaction with the previous notification.
Notification repliedNotification = new Notification.Builder(context, CHANNEL_ID)
        .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_message)
        .setContentText(getString(R.string.replied))
        .build();

// Issue the new notification.
NotificationManagerCompat notificationManager = NotificationManagerCompat.from(this);
notificationManager.notify(notificationId, repliedNotification);

07_progressbar.java

...
NotificationManagerCompat notificationManager = NotificationManagerCompat.from(this);
NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this, CHANNEL_ID);
mBuilder.setContentTitle("Picture Download")
        .setContentText("Download in progress")
        .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_notification)
        .setPriority(NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_LOW);

// Issue the initial notification with zero progress
int PROGRESS_MAX = 100;
int PROGRESS_CURRENT = 0;
mBuilder.setProgress(PROGRESS_MAX, PROGRESS_CURRENT, false);
notificationManager.notify(notificationId, mBuilder.build());

// Do the job here that tracks the progress.
// Usually, this should be in a worker thread
// To show progress, update PROGRESS_CURRENT and update the notification with:
// mBuilder.setProgress(PROGRESS_MAX, PROGRESS_CURRENT, false);
// notificationManager.notify(notificationId, mBuilder.build());

// When done, update the notification one more time to remove the progress bar
mBuilder.setContentText("Download complete")
        .setProgress(0,0,false);
notificationManager.notify(notificationId, mBuilder.build());

08_PendingIntent with a back stack.java

// Create an Intent for the activity you want to start
Intent resultIntent = new Intent(this, ResultActivity.class);
// Create the TaskStackBuilder and add the intent, which inflates the back stack
TaskStackBuilder stackBuilder = TaskStackBuilder.create(this);
stackBuilder.addNextIntentWithParentStack(resultIntent);
// Get the PendingIntent containing the entire back stack
PendingIntent resultPendingIntent =
        stackBuilder.getPendingIntent(0, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this, CHANNEL_ID);
builder.setContentIntent(resultPendingIntent);
...
NotificationManagerCompat notificationManager = NotificationManagerCompat.from(this);
notificationManager.notify(NOTIFICATION_ID, builder.build());

09_group.java

String GROUP_KEY_WORK_EMAIL = "com.android.example.WORK_EMAIL";

Notification newMessageNotification = new NotificationCompat.Builder(MainActivity.this, CHANNEL_ID)
        .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.new_mail)
        .setContentTitle(emailObject.getSenderName())
        .setContentText(emailObject.getSubject())
        .setLargeIcon(emailObject.getSenderAvatar())
        .setGroup(GROUP_KEY_WORK_EMAIL)
        .build();


//use constant ID for notification used as group summary
int SUMMARY_ID = 0;
String GROUP_KEY_WORK_EMAIL = "com.android.example.WORK_EMAIL";

Notification newMessageNotification1 =
    new NotificationCompat.Builder(MainActivity.this, CHANNEL_ID)
        .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_notify_email_status)
        .setContentTitle(emailObject1.getSummary())
        .setContentText("You will not believe...")
        .setGroup(GROUP_KEY_WORK_EMAIL)
        .build();

Notification newMessageNotification2 =
    new NotificationCompat.Builder(MainActivity.this, CHANNEL_ID)
        .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_notify_email_status)
        .setContentTitle(emailObject2.getSummary())
        .setContentText("Please join us to celebrate the...")
        .setGroup(GROUP_KEY_WORK_EMAIL)
        .build();

Notification summaryNotification =
    new NotificationCompat.Builder(MainActivity.this, CHANNEL_ID)
        .setContentTitle(emailObject.getSummary())
        //set content text to support devices running API level < 24
        .setContentText("Two new messages")
        .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_notify_summary_status)
        //build summary info into InboxStyle template
        .setStyle(new NotificationCompat.InboxStyle()
                .addLine("Alex Faarborg  Check this out")
                .addLine("Jeff Chang    Launch Party")
                .setBigContentTitle("2 new messages")
                .setSummaryText("[email protected]"))
        //specify which group this notification belongs to
        .setGroup(GROUP_KEY_WORK_EMAIL)
        //set this notification as the summary for the group
        .setGroupSummary(true)
        .build();

NotificationManagerCompat notificationManager = NotificationManagerCompat.from(this);
notificationManager.notify(emailNotificationId1, newMessageNotification1);
notificationManager.notify(emailNotificationId2, newMessageNotification2);
notificationManager.notify(SUMMARY_ID, summaryNotification);