1page.title=Notifying the User 2page.tags="notifications" 3 4trainingnavtop=true 5startpage=true 6 7 8@jd:body 9<div id="tb-wrapper"> 10<div id="tb"> 11 12<!-- Required platform, tools, add-ons, devices, knowledge, etc. --> 13<h2>Dependencies and prerequisites</h2> 14 15<ul> 16 <li>Android 1.6 (API Level 4) or higher</li> 17</ul> 18<h2>You should also read</h2> 19<ul> 20 <li> 21 <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/ui/notifiers/notifications.html">Notifications</a> API Guide 22 </li> 23 <li> 24 <a href="{@docRoot}guide/components/intents-filters.html"> 25 Intents and Intent Filters 26 </a> 27 </li> 28 <li> 29 <a href="{@docRoot}design/patterns/notifications.html">Notifications</a> Design Guide 30 </li> 31</ul> 32 33<h2>Try it out</h2> 34 35<div class="download-box"> 36 <a href="{@docRoot}shareables/training/NotifyUser.zip" 37class="button">Download the sample</a> 38 <p class="filename">NotifyUser.zip</p> 39</div> 40 41</div> 42</div> 43 44<p> 45 A notification is a user interface element that you display outside your app's normal UI to indicate 46 that an event has occurred. Users can choose to view the notification while using other apps and respond 47 to it when it's convenient for them. 48 49</p> 50 51<p> 52 The <a href="{@docRoot}design/patterns/notifications.html">Notifications design guide</a> shows 53 you how to design effective notifications and when to use them. This class shows you how to 54 implement the most common notification designs. 55</p> 56<h2>Lessons</h2> 57 58<dl> 59 <dt> 60 <strong><a href="build-notification.html">Building a Notification</a></strong> 61 </dt> 62 <dd> 63 Learn how to create a notification 64 {@link android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.Builder Builder}, set the 65 required features, and issue the notification. 66 </dd> 67 <dt> 68 <strong><a href="navigation.html">Preserving Navigation when Starting an Activity</a></strong> 69 </dt> 70 <dd> 71 Learn how to enforce the proper 72 navigation for an {@link android.app.Activity} started from a notification. 73 </dd> 74 <dt> 75 <strong> 76 <a href="managing.html">Updating Notifications</a> 77 </strong> 78 </dt> 79 <dd> 80 Learn how to update and remove notifications. 81 </dd> 82 <dt> 83 <strong> 84 <a href="expanded.html">Using Big View Styles</a> 85 </strong> 86 </dt> 87 <dd> 88 Learn how to create a big view within an expanded notification, while still maintaining 89 backward compatibility. 90 </dd> 91 92 <dt> 93 <strong> 94 <a href="display-progress.html">Displaying Progress in a Notification</a> 95 </strong> 96 </dt> 97 <dd> 98 Learn how to display the progress of an operation in a notification, both for 99 operations where you can estimate how much has been completed (determinate progress) and 100 operations where you don't know how much has been completed (indefinite progress). 101 </dd> 102</dl> 103