android-notifications

Background I have a spare time app that I've been working on for some years ( here ), and I try to handle as many crashes as I can (I hate seeing crash reports!). The problem One recent crash that seem quite new, is this one: android.app.RemoteServiceException: at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:1768) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:106) at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:164) at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:6494) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java) at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit

Background Android 4.3 has added a lot of support for RTL (Right-To-Left) languages, such as Hebrew and Arabic. The problem Even though there is "textDirection", "layoutDirection" and "gravity", I can't find the equivalents for the notification builder, not even in the compatibility library. This means that if there are Hebrew and English words together, the order is wrong. For example (and I write in English for simplicity) : Instead of "X called Y" , you get "Y called X" (suppose "called" is a word in Hebrew), as the string is supposed to be in this format: <string name="notification">%1$s

How do I get Override Do Not Disturb Settings state in Android for my own package app? The documentation is not very clear how to show this option, just that it's possible: On Android 8.0 (API level 26) and above, users can additionally allow notifications through for app-specific categories (also known as channels) by overriding Do Not Disturb on a channel-by-channel basis. [...] On devices running Android 7.1 (API level 25) and below, users can allow notifications through on an app by app basis, rather than on a channel by channel basis. But according to my testes, on Android 8.0+ you have

I use OneSignal SDK to show notifications. I do it in OneSignalPushService.java . OneSignalPushService.java: public class OneSignalPushService extends NotificationExtenderService { @Override protected boolean onNotificationProcessing(OSNotificationReceivedResult notification) { if (!TinyDbWrap.getInstance().isPushEnabled()) { KLog.d(this.getClass().getSimpleName(), "Notification will not displayed"); return true; } OverrideSettings overrideSettings = new OverrideSettings(); overrideSettings.extender = new NotificationCompat.Extender() { @Override public NotificationCompat.Builder extend

I have an application that issues notifications that when selected start an activity. According to the Android docs I can use NavUtils.shouldUpRecreateTask to check whether the activity has been started directly (i.e. from the notification) or via a normal activity stack. However it gives the wrong answer. I'm testing this on JellyBean but using the support library. Basically shouldUpRecreateTask always returns false, even when the activity has been started form the notification. Any ideas on why shouldUpRecreateTask is failing to give the correct answer? This is not correct! When you start

I have a problem in one of my apps when I start it from a notification. It never appears in the "recent app" list. Without notifications, every thing works as expected: I start the app, navigate into and when I quit it (with home button or back button) after that I can go back into it with a long press on home button => ok. The problem starts when I receive a notification. If I start the app from the notification, it starts the correct screen and I can use the app => ok. But when I quit the app (with home or back button) it do not appears anymore in the "recent app" list. More precisely: If