AndroidNotificationsExample

Android Notifications Example with retro-compatibility (API 19+)

Overview

This example shows how to buid and show Notifications using android Notifications API. The original Notification API is compatible with API 26+ devices, but you can use NotificationCompat classes using the android support libraries (com.android.support:support-v4)

In this example, a NotificationHelper class is created to help:

• Creating notification channels (Channel ID and Name) in compatibility mode (some properties are relevant only for newer API devices)
  • There are 2 pre-generated channels: DEFAULT_CHANNEL and URGENT_CHANNEL (in older devices, there is no difference)
• Creating and showing notifications (Title, message and channel)
• Displaying the notification channel configuration using the channel ID.

Usage

Instance of NotificationHelper:

NotificationHelper notifications = new NotificationHelper(this);

Create a simple notification using a registered channel

notifications.notify(1001, "Title", "General Message", notifications.DEFAULT_CHANNEL);
notifications.notify(1002, "Title", "Urgent Message", notifications.URGENT_CHANNEL);

Calling the notification channel configurator

notifications.showNotificationSettings(this, notifications.URGENT_CHANNEL);