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