📱 Live Notification Android

(Progress-Centric Notifications for Android 16)

Live Notification Android demonstrates the use of the progress-centric notifications — a new feature introduced in Android 16 (API level 36) — to display live and dynamic updates directly in the notification shade.

🎬 Demo

🚀 Features

• ✅ Support for Live Progress-centric Notifications (Android 16+ only)
• 🧪 Includes a local simulation to test live updates without a server
• 🧩 Clean and minimal implementation using modern Android APIs

📦 Requirements

• Target SDK: 36 (Android 16 Preview)

⚠️ Note: Live updates only work on Android 16 (API 36) and above. Devices running lower versions will not support this feature.

⚙️ Configuration Summary

compileSDK: 36
targetSDK: 36
minSDK: 28
gradle: 8.10.1
kotlin: 2.1.21

Note

Medium Article For a full walkthrough and explanation, check out the accompanying Medium article:
👉 Level Up Your Android Notifications with Progress-Centric (Live) Notifications in Android 16+

📚 References

• Progress-Centric Notifications – Android 16 Documentation
• Live Updates – Android Platform Samples (GitHub)
• Live Update Notification – Community Sample by NicosNicolaou16