README.md
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2 Android CustomNotifications Sample
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5 This sample demonstrates notifications with custom content views.
6 The use of collapsed and expanded notification views are shown.
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8 Introduction
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11 This sample demonstrates notifications with custom content views. It
12 also demonstrates the expanded notification introduced in API level 16.
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14 This sample shows all the required steps to create and display custom
15 notifications:
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17 - Create Intent to launch Activity when notification is clicked.
18 - Define custom layouts for collapsed and expanded views.
19 - Use NotificationManager's notify to show notification.
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21 In the sample, click on the "SHOW NOTIFICATION" button to create
22 a notification. Use two-fingered gestures up and down to collapse
23 and expand the notification.
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25 Pre-requisites
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28 - Android SDK v23
29 - Android Build Tools v23.0.0
30 - Android Support Repository
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32 Screenshots
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35 <img src="screenshots/main-notification.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> <img src="screenshots/notification.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/>
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37 Getting Started
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40 This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the
41 "gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio.
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43 Support
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46 - Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968
47 - Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android
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49 If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue:
50 https://github.com/googlesamples/android-CustomNotifications
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52 Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and
53 submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.
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55 License
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58 Copyright 2014 The Android Open Source Project, Inc.
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