README.md
1Android CustomNotifications Sample
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4This sample demonstrates notifications with custom content views.
5The use of collapsed and expanded notification views are shown.
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7Introduction
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9
10This sample demonstrates notifications with custom content views. It
11also demonstrates the expanded notification introduced in API level 16.
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13This sample shows all the required steps to create and display custom
14notifications:
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16- Create Intent to launch Activity when notification is clicked.
17- Define custom layouts for collapsed and expanded views.
18- Use NotificationManager's notify to show notification.
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20In the sample, click on the "SHOW NOTIFICATION" button to create
21a notification. Use two-fingered gestures up and down to collapse
22and expand the notification.
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24Pre-requisites
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26
27- Android SDK v21
28- Android Build Tools v21.1.1
29- Android Support Repository
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31Screenshots
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33
34<img src="screenshots/main-notification.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> <img src="screenshots/notification.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/>
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36Getting Started
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38
39This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the
40"gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio.
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42Support
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45- Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968
46- Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android
47
48If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue:
49https://github.com/googlesamples/android-CustomNotifications
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51Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and
52submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.
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54License
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57Copyright 2014 The Android Open Source Project, Inc.
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