How exactly to use Notification Builder

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I found that I am using a deprecated method for noficitations  notification setLatestEventInfo     It says to use Notification Builder     How do I use it    When I try to create a new instance  it tells me   Notification Builder cannot be resolved to a type

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I was having a problem building notifications (only developing for Android 4.0+). This link showed me exactly what I was doing wrong and says the following:

Required notification contents

A Notification object must contain the following:

A small icon, set by setSmallIcon()
A title, set by setContentTitle()
Detail text, set by setContentText()

Basically I was missing one of these. Just as a basis for troubleshooting with this, make sure you have all of these at the very least. Hopefully this will save someone else a headache.

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In case it helps anyone    I was having a lot of trouble with setting up notifications using the support package when testing against newer an older API s  I was able to get them to work on the newer device but would get an error testing on the old device  What finally got it working for me was to delete all the imports related to the notification functions  In particular the NotificationCompat and the TaskStackBuilder  It seems that while setting up my code in the beginning the imports where added from the newer build and not from the support package  Then when I wanted to implement these items later in eclipse  I wasn t prompted to import them again  Hope that makes sense  and that it helps someone else out

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UPDATE android-N  march-2016   Please visit Notifications Updates link for more details    Direct Reply Bundled Notifications Custom Views      Android N also allows you to bundle similar notifications to appear as   a single notification  To make this possible  Android N uses the   existing NotificationCompat Builder setGroup   method  Users can   expand each of the notifications  and perform actions such as reply   and dismiss on each of the notifications  individually from the   notification shade       This is a pre-existing sample which shows a simple service that sends   notifications using NotificationCompat  Each unread conversation from   a user is sent as a distinct notification       This sample has been updated to take advantage of new notification   features available in Android N    sample code

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This is in API 11  so if you are developing for anything earlier than 3 0 you should continue to use the old API   Update  the NotificationCompat Builder class has been added to the Support Package so we can use this to support API level v4 and up   http   developer android com reference android support v4 app NotificationCompat Builder html

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Self-contained example  Same technique as in this answer but    self-contained  copy paste and it will compile and run with a button for you to generated as many notifications as you like and play with intent and notification IDs   Source   import android app Activity  import android app Notification  import android app NotificationManager  import android app PendingIntent  import android content Context  import android content Intent  import android graphics Color  import android os Bundle  import android view View  import android widget Button   public class Main extends Activity       private int i       Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           final Button button   new Button this           button setText  click me            button setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener                  Override             public void onClick View view                    final Notification notification   new Notification Builder Main this                             Make app open when you click on the notification                              setContentIntent PendingIntent getActivity                                  Main this                                  Main this i                                  new Intent Main this  Main class                                   PendingIntent FLAG CANCEL CURRENT                            setContentTitle  title                            setAutoCancel true                           setContentText String format  id    d   Main this i                              Starting on Android 5  only the alpha channel of the image matters                             https   stackoverflow com a 35278871 895245                             android R drawable  resources all seem suitable                           setSmallIcon android R drawable star on                             Color of the background on which the alpha image wil drawn white                           setColor Color RED                           build                    final NotificationManager notificationManager                            NotificationManager getSystemService Context NOTIFICATION SERVICE                   notificationManager notify Main this i  notification                      If the same ID were used twice  the second notification would replace the first one                     notificationManager notify 0  notification                   Main this i                                      this setContentView button             Tested in Android 22

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in addition to the selected answer here is some sample code for the NotificationCompat Builder class from Source Tricks       Add app running notification        private void addNotification            NotificationCompat Builder builder                 new NotificationCompat Builder this                 setSmallIcon R drawable ic launcher                 setContentTitle  Notifications Example                  setContentText  This is a test notification           Intent notificationIntent   new Intent this  MainActivity class         PendingIntent contentIntent   PendingIntent getActivity this  0  notificationIntent                 PendingIntent FLAG UPDATE CURRENT         builder setContentIntent contentIntent             Add as notification       NotificationManager manager    NotificationManager  getSystemService Context NOTIFICATION SERVICE         manager notify FM NOTIFICATION ID  builder build               Remove notification   private void removeNotification           NotificationManager manager    NotificationManager  getSystemService Context NOTIFICATION SERVICE         manager cancel FM NOTIFICATION ID

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It works even in API 8 you can use this code    Notification n       new Notification R drawable yourownpicturehere  getString R string noticeMe    System currentTimeMillis      PendingIntent i PendingIntent getActivity this  0               new Intent this  NotifyActivity class                                  0   n setLatestEventInfo getApplicationContext    getString R string title   getString R string message   i   n number   count  n flags    Notification FLAG AUTO CANCEL  n flags    Notification DEFAULT SOUND  n flags    Notification DEFAULT VIBRATE  n ledARGB   0xff0000ff  n flags    Notification FLAG SHOW LIGHTS      Now invoke the Notification Service String notifService   Context NOTIFICATION SERVICE  NotificationManager mgr        NotificationManager  getSystemService notifService   mgr notify NOTIFICATION ID  n     Or I suggest to follow an excellent tutorial about this

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This is a working Notification        private static final int NotificID 01     b   Button  findViewById R id btn       b setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener              Override         public void onClick View v                 Notification notification new       Notification Builder MainActivity this                       setContentTitle  Notification Title                        setContentText  Notification Description                        setSmallIcon R mipmap ic launcher                       build                NotificationManager notificationManager  NotificationManager getSystemService NOTIFICATION SERVICE               notification flags   Notification FLAG AUTO CANCEL              notificationManager notify NotificID notification

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Notification Builder is strictly for Android API Level 11 and above  Android 3 0 and up    Hence  if you are not targeting Honeycomb tablets  you should not be using the Notification Builder but rather follow older notification creation methods like the following example

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I have used  Intent intent   new Intent this  MainActivity class           intent addFlags Intent FLAG ACTIVITY CLEAR TOP           PendingIntent pendingIntent   PendingIntent getActivity this  0  intent                  PendingIntent FLAG ONE SHOT            Uri defaultSoundUri  RingtoneManager getDefaultUri RingtoneManager TYPE NOTIFICATION           NotificationCompat Builder notificationBuilder   new NotificationCompat Builder this                   setSmallIcon R mipmap ic launcher                   setContentTitle  Firebase Push Notification                    setContentText messageBody                   setAutoCancel true                   setSound defaultSoundUri                   setContentIntent pendingIntent            NotificationManager notificationManager                    NotificationManager  getSystemService Context NOTIFICATION SERVICE            notificationManager notify 0  notificationBuilder build

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Notification Builder API 11 or NotificationCompat Builder API 1  This is a usage example   Intent notificationIntent   new Intent ctx  YourClass class   PendingIntent contentIntent   PendingIntent getActivity ctx          YOUR PI REQ CODE  notificationIntent          PendingIntent FLAG CANCEL CURRENT    NotificationManager nm    NotificationManager  ctx          getSystemService Context NOTIFICATION SERVICE    Resources res   ctx getResources    Notification Builder builder   new Notification Builder ctx    builder setContentIntent contentIntent               setSmallIcon R drawable some img               setLargeIcon BitmapFactory decodeResource res  R drawable some big img                setTicker res getString R string your ticker                setWhen System currentTimeMillis                 setAutoCancel true               setContentTitle res getString R string your notif title                setContentText res getString R string your notif text    Notification n   builder build     nm notify YOUR NOTIF ID  n

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