1page.title=Notifying the User 2page.tags=notifications 3helpoutsWidget=true 4 5trainingnavtop=true 6startpage=true 7 8 9@jd:body 10<div id="tb-wrapper"> 11<div id="tb"> 12 13<!-- Required platform, tools, add-ons, devices, knowledge, etc. --> 14<h2>Dependencies and prerequisites</h2> 15 16<ul> 17 <li>Android 1.6 (API Level 4) or higher</li> 18</ul> 19<h2>You should also read</h2> 20<ul> 21 <li> 22 <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/ui/notifiers/notifications.html">Notifications</a> API Guide 23 </li> 24 <li> 25 <a href="{@docRoot}guide/components/intents-filters.html"> 26 Intents and Intent Filters 27 </a> 28 </li> 29 <li> 30 <a href="{@docRoot}design/patterns/notifications.html">Notifications</a> Design Guide 31 </li> 32</ul> 33 34<h2>Try it out</h2> 35 36<div class="download-box"> 37 <a href="{@docRoot}shareables/training/NotifyUser.zip" 38class="button">Download the sample</a> 39 <p class="filename">NotifyUser.zip</p> 40</div> 41 42</div> 43</div> 44 45<p> 46 A notification is a user interface element that you display outside your app's normal UI to indicate 47 that an event has occurred. Users can choose to view the notification while using other apps and respond 48 to it when it's convenient for them. 49 50</p> 51 52<p> 53 The <a href="{@docRoot}design/patterns/notifications.html">Notifications design guide</a> shows 54 you how to design effective notifications and when to use them. This class shows you how to 55 implement the most common notification designs. 56</p> 57<h2>Lessons</h2> 58 59<dl> 60 <dt> 61 <strong><a href="build-notification.html">Building a Notification</a></strong> 62 </dt> 63 <dd> 64 Learn how to create a notification 65 {@link android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.Builder Builder}, set the 66 required features, and issue the notification. 67 </dd> 68 <dt> 69 <strong><a href="navigation.html">Preserving Navigation when Starting an Activity</a></strong> 70 </dt> 71 <dd> 72 Learn how to enforce the proper 73 navigation for an {@link android.app.Activity} started from a notification. 74 </dd> 75 <dt> 76 <strong> 77 <a href="managing.html">Updating Notifications</a> 78 </strong> 79 </dt> 80 <dd> 81 Learn how to update and remove notifications. 82 </dd> 83 <dt> 84 <strong> 85 <a href="expanded.html">Using Big View Styles</a> 86 </strong> 87 </dt> 88 <dd> 89 Learn how to create a big view within an expanded notification, while still maintaining 90 backward compatibility. 91 </dd> 92 93 <dt> 94 <strong> 95 <a href="display-progress.html">Displaying Progress in a Notification</a> 96 </strong> 97 </dt> 98 <dd> 99 Learn how to display the progress of an operation in a notification, both for 100 operations where you can estimate how much has been completed (determinate progress) and 101 operations where you don't know how much has been completed (indefinite progress). 102 </dd> 103</dl> 104