Setting an Android Notification Icon to a remote URL

Question

I want to use a remote URL (like a favicon) for a notification icon, however the constructor for a notification accepts only a resource ID (which is an integer) instead of s

Answer 1

Since API 11 Android has had the ability to use a Bitmap for a largeIcon in notifications. This has been expanded even further in Jelly Bean to allow entire notifications to be an image, BigPictureStyle.