Android Tutorial => Set custom notification

Example

If you want have a long text to display in the context, you need to set a custom content.

For example, you have this:

But you wish your text will be fully shown:

All you need to do, is to add a style to your content like below:

  private void generateNotification(Context context) {
        String message = "This is a custom notification with a very very very very very very very very very very long text";
        Bitmap largeIcon = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_alert);

        NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(context);

        builder.setContentTitle("Title").setContentText(message)
                .setSmallIcon(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_alert)
                .setLargeIcon(largeIcon)
                .setAutoCancel(true)
                .setWhen(System.currentTimeMillis())
                .setStyle(new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle().bigText(message));

        Notification notification = builder.build();
        NotificationManagerCompat notificationManager = NotificationManagerCompat.from(context);
        notificationManager.notify(101, notification);
    }

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Example

For example, you have this:

But you wish your text will be fully shown:

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Android Notifications Set custom notification - show full content text

Fastest Entity Framework Extensions

Example

For example, you have this:

But you wish your text will be fully shown:

Got any Android Question?