Default notification background color

Question

I have a custom notification that uses a LinearLayout that contains an ImageView and a TextView. Before Android 4.0 all I needed to d

Answer 1

This appears to be a bug in Android 4.0.3. See bug report for updates: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=23863&thanks=23863&ts=1325611036

Answer 2

I also have a custom notification and found that the background color was also gray on ice cream sandwich. I see this with other apps too, like WeatherBug.

I had no targetSdkVersion in my manifest. I found that by adding targetSdkVersion="14" to the manifest the problem is fixed. The background is now the appropriate color for each android version.

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" android:targetSdkVersion="14" />

Edit: Google confirms this is the correct approach. See #16 at https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=23863&thanks=23863&ts=1325611036