Added in API level 11

Summary: Ctors | Methods | Inherited Methods

Notification.Builder

---

Kotlin |Java

public static class Notification.Builder
extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	android.app.Notification.Builder

---

Builder class for Notification objects. Provides a convenient way to set the various fields of a Notification and generate content views using the platform's notification layout template. If your app supports versions of Android as old as API level 4, you can instead use NotificationCompat.Builder, available in the Android Support library.

Example:

 Notification noti = new Notification.Builder(mContext)
         .setContentTitle("New mail from " + sender.toString())
         .setContentText(subject)
         .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.new_mail)
         .setLargeIcon(aBitmap)
         .build();
 

Summary

Public constructors
Builder(Context context, String channelId) Constructs a new Builder with the defaults:
Builder(Context context) This constructor is deprecated. use Builder(android.content.Context, java.lang.String) instead. All posted Notifications must specify a NotificationChannel Id.

Public methods
Notification.Builder	addAction(int icon, CharSequence title, PendingIntent intent) This method was deprecated in API level 23. Use addAction(android.app.Notification.Action) instead.
Notification.Builder	addAction(Notification.Action action) Add an action to this notification.
Notification.Builder	addExtras(Bundle extras) Merge additional metadata into this notification.
Notification.Builder	addPerson(String uri) This method was deprecated in API level 28. use addPerson(android.app.Person)
Notification.Builder	addPerson(Person person) Add a person that is relevant to this notification.
Notification	build() Combine all of the options that have been set and return a new Notification object.
RemoteViews	createBigContentView() This method was deprecated in API level 35. For performance and system health reasons, this API is no longer required to be used directly by the System UI when rendering Notifications to the user. While the UI returned by this method will still represent the content of the Notification being built, it may differ from the visual style of the system. NOTE: this API has always had severe limitations; for example it does not support any interactivity, it ignores the app theme, it hard-codes the colors from the system theme at the time it is called, and it does Bitmap decoding on the main thread which can cause UI jank.
RemoteViews	createContentView() This method was deprecated in API level 35. For performance and system health reasons, this API is no longer required to be used directly by the System UI when rendering Notifications to the user. While the UI returned by this method will still represent the content of the Notification being built, it may differ from the visual style of the system. NOTE: this API has always had severe limitations; for example it does not support any interactivity, it ignores the app theme, it hard-codes the colors from the system theme at the time it is called, and it does Bitmap decoding on the main thread which can cause UI jank.
RemoteViews	createHeadsUpContentView() This method was deprecated in API level 35. For performance and system health reasons, this API is no longer required to be used directly by the System UI when rendering Notifications to the user. While the UI returned by this method will still represent the content of the Notification being built, it may differ from the visual style of the system. NOTE: this API has always had severe limitations; for example it does not support any interactivity, it ignores the app theme, it hard-codes the colors from the system theme at the time it is called, and it does Bitmap decoding on the main thread which can cause UI jank.
Notification.Builder	extend(Notification.Extender extender) Apply an extender to this notification builder.
Bundle	getExtras() Get the current metadata Bundle used by this notification Builder.
Notification	getNotification() This method was deprecated in API level 16. Use build() instead.
Notification.Style	getStyle() Returns the style set by setStyle(android.app.Notification.Style).
static Notification.Builder	recoverBuilder(Context context, Notification n) Creates a Builder from an existing notification so further changes can be made.
Notification.Builder	setActions(Action... actions) Alter the complete list of actions attached to this notification.
Notification.Builder	setAllowSystemGeneratedContextualActions(boolean allowed) Determines whether the platform can generate contextual actions for a notification.
Notification.Builder	setAutoCancel(boolean autoCancel) Make this notification automatically dismissed when the user touches it.
Notification.Builder	setBadgeIconType(int icon) Sets which icon to display as a badge for this notification.
Notification.Builder	setBubbleMetadata(Notification.BubbleMetadata data) Sets the BubbleMetadata that will be used to display app content in a floating window over the existing foreground activity.
Notification.Builder	setCategory(String category) Set the notification category.
Notification.Builder	setChannelId(String channelId) Specifies the channel the notification should be delivered on.
Notification.Builder	setChronometerCountDown(boolean countDown) Sets the Chronometer to count down instead of counting up.
Notification.Builder	setColor(int argb) Sets Notification#color.
Notification.Builder	setColorized(boolean colorize) Set whether this notification should be colorized.
Notification.Builder	setContent(RemoteViews views) Supply a custom RemoteViews to use instead of the platform template.
Notification.Builder	setContentInfo(CharSequence info) This method was deprecated in API level 24. use setSubText(java.lang.CharSequence) instead to set a text in the header. For legacy apps targeting a version below Build.VERSION_CODES.N this field will still show up, but the subtext will take precedence.
Notification.Builder	setContentIntent(PendingIntent intent) Supply a PendingIntent to be sent when the notification is clicked.
Notification.Builder	setContentText(CharSequence text) Set the second line of text in the platform notification template.
Notification.Builder	setContentTitle(CharSequence title) Set the first line of text in the platform notification template.
Notification.Builder	setCustomBigContentView(RemoteViews contentView) Supply custom RemoteViews to use instead of the platform template in the expanded form.
Notification.Builder	setCustomContentView(RemoteViews contentView) Supply custom RemoteViews to use instead of the platform template.
Notification.Builder	setCustomHeadsUpContentView(RemoteViews contentView) Supply custom RemoteViews to use instead of the platform template in the heads up dialog.
Notification.Builder	setDefaults(int defaults) This method was deprecated in API level 26. use NotificationChannel#enableVibration(boolean) and NotificationChannel#enableLights(boolean) and NotificationChannel#setSound(Uri, AudioAttributes) instead.
Notification.Builder	setDeleteIntent(PendingIntent intent) Supply a PendingIntent to send when the notification is cleared explicitly by the user.
Notification.Builder	setExtras(Bundle extras) Set metadata for this notification.
Notification.Builder	setFlag(int mask, boolean value) Set the value for a notification flag
Notification.Builder	setForegroundServiceBehavior(int behavior) Specify a desired visibility policy for a Notification associated with a foreground service.
Notification.Builder	setFullScreenIntent(PendingIntent intent, boolean highPriority) An intent to launch instead of posting the notification to the status bar.
Notification.Builder	setGroup(String groupKey) Set this notification to be part of a group of notifications sharing the same key.
Notification.Builder	setGroupAlertBehavior(int groupAlertBehavior) Sets the group alert behavior for this notification.
Notification.Builder	setGroupSummary(boolean isGroupSummary) Set this notification to be the group summary for a group of notifications.
Notification.Builder	setLargeIcon(Bitmap b) Add a large icon to the notification content view.
Notification.Builder	setLargeIcon(Icon icon) Add a large icon to the notification content view.
Notification.Builder	setLights(int argb, int onMs, int offMs) This method was deprecated in API level 26. use NotificationChannel#enableLights(boolean) instead.
Notification.Builder	setLocalOnly(boolean localOnly) Set whether or not this notification should not bridge to other devices.
Notification.Builder	setLocusId(LocusId locusId) Sets the LocusId associated with this notification.
Notification.Builder	setNumber(int number) Sets the number of items this notification represents.
Notification.Builder	setOngoing(boolean ongoing) Set whether this is an "ongoing" notification.
Notification.Builder	setOnlyAlertOnce(boolean onlyAlertOnce) Set this flag if you would only like the sound, vibrate and ticker to be played if the notification is not already showing.
Notification.Builder	setPriority(int pri) This method was deprecated in API level 26. use NotificationChannel#setImportance(int) instead.
Notification.Builder	setProgress(int max, int progress, boolean indeterminate) Set the progress this notification represents.
Notification.Builder	setPublicVersion(Notification n) Supply a replacement Notification whose contents should be shown in insecure contexts (i.e.
Notification.Builder	setRemoteInputHistory(CharSequence[] text) Set the remote input history.
Notification.Builder	setSettingsText(CharSequence text) Provides text that will appear as a link to your application's settings.
Notification.Builder	setShortcutId(String shortcutId) From Android 11, messaging notifications (those that use MessagingStyle) that use this method to link to a published long-lived sharing shortcut may appear in a dedicated Conversation section of the shade and may show configuration options that are unique to conversations.
Notification.Builder	setShowWhen(boolean show) Control whether the timestamp set with setWhen is shown in the content view.
Notification.Builder	setSmallIcon(int icon, int level) A variant of setSmallIcon(int) that takes an additional level parameter for when the icon is a LevelListDrawable.
Notification.Builder	setSmallIcon(int icon) Set the small icon resource, which will be used to represent the notification in the status bar.
Notification.Builder	setSmallIcon(Icon icon) Set the small icon, which will be used to represent the notification in the status bar and content view (unless overridden there by a large icon).
Notification.Builder	setSortKey(String sortKey) Set a sort key that orders this notification among other notifications from the same package.
Notification.Builder	setSound(Uri sound, AudioAttributes audioAttributes) This method was deprecated in API level 26. use NotificationChannel#setSound(Uri, AudioAttributes) instead.
Notification.Builder	setSound(Uri sound) This method was deprecated in API level 26. use NotificationChannel#setSound(Uri, AudioAttributes) instead.
Notification.Builder	setSound(Uri sound, int streamType) This method was deprecated in API level 21. use NotificationChannel#setSound(Uri, AudioAttributes).
Notification.Builder	setStyle(Notification.Style style) Add a rich notification style to be applied at build time.
Notification.Builder	setSubText(CharSequence text) This provides some additional information that is displayed in the notification.
Notification.Builder	setTicker(CharSequence tickerText, RemoteViews views) Obsolete version of setTicker(java.lang.CharSequence).
Notification.Builder	setTicker(CharSequence tickerText) Set the "ticker" text which is sent to accessibility services.
Notification.Builder	setTimeoutAfter(long durationMs) Specifies a duration in milliseconds after which this notification should be canceled, if it is not already canceled.
Notification.Builder	setUsesChronometer(boolean b) Show the Notification#when field as a stopwatch.
Notification.Builder	setVibrate(long[] pattern) This method was deprecated in API level 26. use NotificationChannel#setVibrationPattern(long[]) instead.
Notification.Builder	setVisibility(int visibility) Specify the value of Notification.visibility.
Notification.Builder	setWhen(long when) Add a timestamp pertaining to the notification (usually the time the event occurred).

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Object Object clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object. boolean equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. void finalize() Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object. final Class<?> getClass() Returns the runtime class of this Object. int hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object. final void notify() Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor. final void notifyAll() Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. String toString() Returns a string representation of the object. final void wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos) Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. final void wait(long timeoutMillis) Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. final void wait() Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Public constructors

Builder

Added in API level 26

public Builder (Context context, 
                String channelId)

Constructs a new Builder with the defaults:

Parameters
context	Context: A Context that will be used by the Builder to construct the RemoteViews. The Context will not be held past the lifetime of this Builder object.
channelId	String: The constructed Notification will be posted on this NotificationChannel. To use a NotificationChannel, it must first be created using NotificationManager#createNotificationChannel.

Builder

Added in API level 11

public Builder (Context context)

This constructor is deprecated.
use Builder(android.content.Context, java.lang.String) instead. All posted Notifications must specify a NotificationChannel Id.

Parameters
context	Context

Public methods

addAction

Added in API level 16
Deprecated in API level 23

public Notification.Builder addAction (int icon, 
                CharSequence title, 
                PendingIntent intent)

This method was deprecated in API level 23.
Use addAction(android.app.Notification.Action) instead.

Add an action to this notification. Actions are typically displayed by the system as a button adjacent to the notification content.

Every action must have an icon (32dp square and matching the Holo Dark action bar visual style), a textual label, and a PendingIntent.

A notification in its expanded form can display up to 3 actions, from left to right in the order they were added. Actions will not be displayed when the notification is collapsed, however, so be sure that any essential functions may be accessed by the user in some other way (for example, in the Activity pointed to by Notification.contentIntent).

As of Android Build.VERSION_CODES.S, apps targeting API level Build.VERSION_CODES.S or higher won't be able to start activities while processing broadcast receivers or services in response to notification action clicks. To launch an activity in those cases, provide a PendingIntent to the activity itself.

As of Android Build.VERSION_CODES.N, action button icons will not be displayed on action buttons, but are still required and are available to notification listeners, which may display them in other contexts, for example on a wearable device.

Parameters
icon	int: Resource ID of a drawable that represents the action.
title	CharSequence: Text describing the action.
intent	PendingIntent: PendingIntent to be fired when the action is invoked.

Returns
Notification.Builder

addAction

Added in API level 20

public Notification.Builder addAction (Notification.Action action)

Add an action to this notification. Actions are typically displayed by the system as a button adjacent to the notification content.

Every action must have an icon (32dp square and matching the Holo Dark action bar visual style), a textual label, and a PendingIntent.

A notification in its expanded form can display up to 3 actions, from left to right in the order they were added. Actions will not be displayed when the notification is collapsed, however, so be sure that any essential functions may be accessed by the user in some other way (for example, in the Activity pointed to by Notification.contentIntent).

Parameters
action	Notification.Action: The action to add.

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

addExtras

Added in API level 20

public Notification.Builder addExtras (Bundle extras)

Merge additional metadata into this notification.

Values within the Bundle will replace existing extras values in this Builder.

Parameters
extras	Bundle

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.extras

addPerson

Added in API level 21
Deprecated in API level 28

public Notification.Builder addPerson (String uri)

This method was deprecated in API level 28.
use addPerson(android.app.Person)

Add a person that is relevant to this notification.

Depending on user preferences, this annotation may allow the notification to pass through interruption filters, if this notification is of category Notification.CATEGORY_CALL or Notification.CATEGORY_MESSAGE. The addition of people may also cause this notification to appear more prominently in the user interface.

The person should be specified by the String representation of a ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_LOOKUP_URI.

The system will also attempt to resolve mailto: and tel: schema URIs. The path part of these URIs must exist in the contacts database, in the appropriate column, or the reference will be discarded as invalid. Telephone schema URIs will be resolved by ContactsContract.PhoneLookup. It is also possible to provide a URI with the schema name: in order to uniquely identify a person without an entry in the contacts database.

Parameters
uri	String: A URI for the person.

Returns
Notification.Builder

See also:

• Notification.EXTRA_PEOPLE

addPerson

Added in API level 28

public Notification.Builder addPerson (Person person)

Add a person that is relevant to this notification.

Depending on user preferences, this annotation may allow the notification to pass through interruption filters, if this notification is of category Notification.CATEGORY_CALL or Notification.CATEGORY_MESSAGE. The addition of people may also cause this notification to appear more prominently in the user interface.

A person should usually contain a uri in order to benefit from the ranking boost. However, even if no uri is provided, it's beneficial to provide other people in the notification, such that listeners and voice only devices can announce and handle them properly.

Parameters
person	Person: the person to add.

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.EXTRA_PEOPLE_LIST

build

Added in API level 16

public Notification build ()

Combine all of the options that have been set and return a new Notification object. If this notification has BubbleMetadata attached that was created with a shortcutId a check will be performed to ensure the shortcutId supplied to bubble metadata matches the shortcutId set on the notification builder, if one was set. If the shortcutId's were specified but do not match, an exception is thrown here.

Returns
Notification	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.BubbleMetadata.Builder.Builder(String)
• setShortcutId(String)

createBigContentView

Added in API level 24
Deprecated in API level 35

public RemoteViews createBigContentView ()

This method was deprecated in API level 35.
For performance and system health reasons, this API is no longer required to be used directly by the System UI when rendering Notifications to the user. While the UI returned by this method will still represent the content of the Notification being built, it may differ from the visual style of the system. NOTE: this API has always had severe limitations; for example it does not support any interactivity, it ignores the app theme, it hard-codes the colors from the system theme at the time it is called, and it does Bitmap decoding on the main thread which can cause UI jank.

Construct a RemoteViews representing the expanded notification layout.

Returns
RemoteViews

createContentView

Added in API level 24
Deprecated in API level 35

public RemoteViews createContentView ()

This method was deprecated in API level 35.
For performance and system health reasons, this API is no longer required to be used directly by the System UI when rendering Notifications to the user. While the UI returned by this method will still represent the content of the Notification being built, it may differ from the visual style of the system. NOTE: this API has always had severe limitations; for example it does not support any interactivity, it ignores the app theme, it hard-codes the colors from the system theme at the time it is called, and it does Bitmap decoding on the main thread which can cause UI jank.

Construct a RemoteViews representing the standard notification layout.

Returns
RemoteViews

createHeadsUpContentView

Added in API level 24
Deprecated in API level 35

public RemoteViews createHeadsUpContentView ()

This method was deprecated in API level 35.
For performance and system health reasons, this API is no longer required to be used directly by the System UI when rendering Notifications to the user. While the UI returned by this method will still represent the content of the Notification being built, it may differ from the visual style of the system. NOTE: this API has always had severe limitations; for example it does not support any interactivity, it ignores the app theme, it hard-codes the colors from the system theme at the time it is called, and it does Bitmap decoding on the main thread which can cause UI jank.

Construct a RemoteViews representing the heads up notification layout.

Returns
RemoteViews

extend

Added in API level 20

public Notification.Builder extend (Notification.Extender extender)

Apply an extender to this notification builder. Extenders may be used to add metadata or change options on this builder.

Parameters
extender	Notification.Extender

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

getExtras

Added in API level 20

public Bundle getExtras ()

Get the current metadata Bundle used by this notification Builder.

The returned Bundle is shared with this Builder.

The current contents of this Bundle are copied into the Notification each time build() is called.

Returns
Bundle

See also:

• Notification.extras

getNotification

Added in API level 11
Deprecated in API level 16

public Notification getNotification ()

This method was deprecated in API level 16.
Use build() instead.

Returns
Notification

getStyle

Added in API level 28

public Notification.Style getStyle ()

Returns the style set by setStyle(android.app.Notification.Style).

Returns
Notification.Style

recoverBuilder

Added in API level 24

public static Notification.Builder recoverBuilder (Context context, 
                Notification n)

Creates a Builder from an existing notification so further changes can be made.

Parameters
context	Context: The context for your application / activity.
n	Notification: The notification to create a Builder from.

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setActions

Added in API level 24

public Notification.Builder setActions (Action... actions)

Alter the complete list of actions attached to this notification.

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• addAction(Action)

setAllowSystemGeneratedContextualActions

Added in API level 29

public Notification.Builder setAllowSystemGeneratedContextualActions (boolean allowed)

Determines whether the platform can generate contextual actions for a notification. By default this is true.

Parameters
allowed	boolean

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setAutoCancel

Added in API level 11

public Notification.Builder setAutoCancel (boolean autoCancel)

Make this notification automatically dismissed when the user touches it.

Parameters
autoCancel	boolean

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL

setBadgeIconType

Added in API level 26

public Notification.Builder setBadgeIconType (int icon)

Sets which icon to display as a badge for this notification. Must be one of Notification.BADGE_ICON_NONE, Notification.BADGE_ICON_SMALL, Notification.BADGE_ICON_LARGE. Note: This value might be ignored, for launchers that don't support badge icons.

Parameters
icon	int

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setBubbleMetadata

Added in API level 29

public Notification.Builder setBubbleMetadata (Notification.BubbleMetadata data)

Sets the BubbleMetadata that will be used to display app content in a floating window over the existing foreground activity.

This data will be ignored unless the notification is posted to a channel that allows bubbles.

Notifications allowed to bubble that have valid bubble metadata will display in collapsed state outside of the notification shade on unlocked devices. When a user interacts with the collapsed state, the bubble intent will be invoked and displayed.

Parameters
data	Notification.BubbleMetadata: This value may be null.

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setCategory

Added in API level 21

public Notification.Builder setCategory (String category)

Set the notification category.

Parameters
category	String

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.category

setChannelId

Added in API level 26

public Notification.Builder setChannelId (String channelId)

Specifies the channel the notification should be delivered on.

Parameters
channelId	String

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setChronometerCountDown

Added in API level 24

public Notification.Builder setChronometerCountDown (boolean countDown)

Sets the Chronometer to count down instead of counting up.

This is only relevant if setUsesChronometer(boolean) has been set to true. If it isn't set the chronometer will count up.

Parameters
countDown	boolean

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• setUsesChronometer(boolean)

setColor

Added in API level 21

public Notification.Builder setColor (int argb)

Sets Notification#color.

Parameters
argb	int: The accent color to use

Returns
Notification.Builder	The same Builder. This value cannot be null.

setColorized

Added in API level 26

public Notification.Builder setColorized (boolean colorize)

Set whether this notification should be colorized. When set, the color set with setColor(int) will be used as the background color of this notification.

This should only be used for high priority ongoing tasks like navigation, an ongoing call, or other similarly high-priority events for the user.

For most styles, the coloring will only be applied if the notification is for a foreground service notification. However, for MediaStyle and DecoratedMediaCustomViewStyle notifications that have a media session attached there is no such requirement.

Parameters
colorize	boolean

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• setColor(int)
• Notification.MediaStyle.setMediaSession(MediaSession.Token)

setContent

Added in API level 11
Deprecated in API level 24

public Notification.Builder setContent (RemoteViews views)

Supply a custom RemoteViews to use instead of the platform template. Use setCustomContentView(android.widget.RemoteViews) instead.

Parameters
views	RemoteViews

Returns
Notification.Builder

setContentInfo

Added in API level 11
Deprecated in API level 24

public Notification.Builder setContentInfo (CharSequence info)

This method was deprecated in API level 24.
use setSubText(java.lang.CharSequence) instead to set a text in the header. For legacy apps targeting a version below Build.VERSION_CODES.N this field will still show up, but the subtext will take precedence.

A small piece of additional information pertaining to this notification. The platform template will draw this on the last line of the notification, at the far right (to the right of a smallIcon if it has been placed there).

Parameters
info	CharSequence

Returns
Notification.Builder

setContentIntent

Added in API level 11

public Notification.Builder setContentIntent (PendingIntent intent)

Supply a PendingIntent to be sent when the notification is clicked.

As of Android Build.VERSION_CODES.S, apps targeting API level Build.VERSION_CODES.S or higher won't be able to start activities while processing broadcast receivers or services in response to notification clicks. To launch an activity in those cases, provide a PendingIntent for the activity itself.

As of Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB, if this field is unset and you have specified a custom RemoteViews with setContent(android.widget.RemoteViews), you can use RemoteViews.setOnClickPendingIntent(int,PendingIntent) to assign PendingIntents to individual views in that custom layout (i.e., to create clickable buttons inside the notification view).

Parameters
intent	PendingIntent

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.contentIntent

setContentText

Added in API level 11

public Notification.Builder setContentText (CharSequence text)

Set the second line of text in the platform notification template.

Parameters
text	CharSequence

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setContentTitle

Added in API level 11

public Notification.Builder setContentTitle (CharSequence title)

Set the first line of text in the platform notification template.

Parameters
title	CharSequence

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setCustomBigContentView

Added in API level 24

public Notification.Builder setCustomBigContentView (RemoteViews contentView)

Supply custom RemoteViews to use instead of the platform template in the expanded form. This will override the expanded layout that would otherwise be constructed by this Builder object.

Parameters
contentView	RemoteViews

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setCustomContentView

Added in API level 24

public Notification.Builder setCustomContentView (RemoteViews contentView)

Supply custom RemoteViews to use instead of the platform template. This will override the layout that would otherwise be constructed by this Builder object.

Parameters
contentView	RemoteViews

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setCustomHeadsUpContentView

Added in API level 24

public Notification.Builder setCustomHeadsUpContentView (RemoteViews contentView)

Supply custom RemoteViews to use instead of the platform template in the heads up dialog. This will override the heads-up layout that would otherwise be constructed by this Builder object.

Parameters
contentView	RemoteViews

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setDefaults

Added in API level 11
Deprecated in API level 26

public Notification.Builder setDefaults (int defaults)

This method was deprecated in API level 26.
use NotificationChannel#enableVibration(boolean) and NotificationChannel#enableLights(boolean) and NotificationChannel#setSound(Uri, AudioAttributes) instead.

Set which notification properties will be inherited from system defaults.

The value should be one or more of the following fields combined with bitwise-or: Notification.DEFAULT_SOUND, Notification.DEFAULT_VIBRATE, Notification.DEFAULT_LIGHTS.

For all default values, use Notification.DEFAULT_ALL.

Parameters
defaults	int

Returns
Notification.Builder

setDeleteIntent

Added in API level 11

public Notification.Builder setDeleteIntent (PendingIntent intent)

Supply a PendingIntent to send when the notification is cleared explicitly by the user.

Parameters
intent	PendingIntent

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.deleteIntent

setExtras

Added in API level 19

public Notification.Builder setExtras (Bundle extras)

Set metadata for this notification.

A reference to the Bundle is held for the lifetime of this Builder, and the Bundle's current contents are copied into the Notification each time build() is called.

Replaces any existing extras values with those from the provided Bundle. Use addExtras(Bundle) to merge in metadata instead.

Parameters
extras	Bundle

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.extras

setFlag

Added in API level 30

public Notification.Builder setFlag (int mask, 
                boolean value)

Set the value for a notification flag

Parameters
mask	int: Bit mask of the flag Value is either 0 or a combination of Notification.FLAG_SHOW_LIGHTS, Notification.FLAG_ONGOING_EVENT, Notification.FLAG_INSISTENT, Notification.FLAG_ONLY_ALERT_ONCE, Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL, Notification.FLAG_NO_CLEAR, Notification.FLAG_FOREGROUND_SERVICE, Notification.FLAG_HIGH_PRIORITY, Notification.FLAG_LOCAL_ONLY, Notification.FLAG_GROUP_SUMMARY, android.app.Notification.FLAG_AUTOGROUP_SUMMARY, android.app.Notification.FLAG_CAN_COLORIZE, Notification.FLAG_BUBBLE, android.app.Notification.FLAG_NO_DISMISS, android.app.Notification.FLAG_FSI_REQUESTED_BUT_DENIED, and android.app.Notification.FLAG_USER_INITIATED_JOB
value	boolean: Status (on/off) of the flag

Returns
Notification.Builder	The same Builder. This value cannot be null.

setForegroundServiceBehavior

Added in API level 31

public Notification.Builder setForegroundServiceBehavior (int behavior)

Specify a desired visibility policy for a Notification associated with a foreground service. By default, the system can choose to defer visibility of the notification for a short time after the service is started. Pass FOREGROUND_SERVICE_IMMEDIATE to this method in order to guarantee that visibility is never deferred. Pass FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DEFERRED to request that visibility is deferred whenever possible.

Note that deferred visibility is not guaranteed. There may be some circumstances under which the system will show the foreground service's associated Notification immediately even when the app has used this method to explicitly request deferred display.

Parameters
behavior	int: One of FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DEFAULT, FOREGROUND_SERVICE_IMMEDIATE, or FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DEFERRED Value is Notification.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DEFAULT, Notification.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_IMMEDIATE, or Notification.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DEFERRED

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setFullScreenIntent

Added in API level 11

public Notification.Builder setFullScreenIntent (PendingIntent intent, 
                boolean highPriority)

An intent to launch instead of posting the notification to the status bar. Only for use with extremely high-priority notifications demanding the user's immediate attention, such as an incoming phone call or alarm clock that the user has explicitly set to a particular time. If this facility is used for something else, please give the user an option to turn it off and use a normal notification, as this can be extremely disruptive.

Apps targeting Build.VERSION_CODES#Q and above will have to request a permission (Manifest.permission.USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT) in order to use full screen intents.

Prior to Build.VERSION_CODES#TIRAMISU, the system may display a heads up notification (which may display on screen longer than other heads up notifications), instead of launching the intent, while the user is using the device. From Build.VERSION_CODES#TIRAMISU, the system UI will display a heads up notification, instead of launching this intent, while the user is using the device. This notification will display with emphasized action buttons. If the posting app holds Manifest.permission.USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT, then the heads up notification will appear persistently until the user dismisses or snoozes it, or the app cancels it. If the posting app does not hold Manifest.permission.USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT, then the notification will appear as heads up notification even when the screen is locked or turned off, and this notification will only be persistent for 60 seconds.

To be launched as a full screen intent, the notification must also be posted to a channel with importance level set to IMPORTANCE_HIGH or higher.

Parameters
intent	PendingIntent: The pending intent to launch.
highPriority	boolean: Passing true will cause this notification to be sent even if other notifications are suppressed.

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.fullScreenIntent

setGroup

Added in API level 20

public Notification.Builder setGroup (String groupKey)

Set this notification to be part of a group of notifications sharing the same key. Grouped notifications may display in a cluster or stack on devices which support such rendering.

To make this notification the summary for its group, also call setGroupSummary(boolean). A sort order can be specified for group members by using setSortKey(String).

Parameters
groupKey	String: The group key of the group.

Returns
Notification.Builder	this object for method chaining This value cannot be null.

setGroupAlertBehavior

Added in API level 26

public Notification.Builder setGroupAlertBehavior (int groupAlertBehavior)

Sets the group alert behavior for this notification. Use this method to mute this notification if alerts for this notification's group should be handled by a different notification. This is only applicable for notifications that belong to a group. This must be called on all notifications you want to mute. For example, if you want only the summary of your group to make noise and/or peek on screen, all children in the group should have the group alert behavior Notification.GROUP_ALERT_SUMMARY.

The default value is Notification.GROUP_ALERT_ALL.

Parameters
groupAlertBehavior	int: Value is Notification.GROUP_ALERT_ALL, Notification.GROUP_ALERT_CHILDREN, or Notification.GROUP_ALERT_SUMMARY

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setGroupSummary

Added in API level 20

public Notification.Builder setGroupSummary (boolean isGroupSummary)

Set this notification to be the group summary for a group of notifications. Grouped notifications may display in a cluster or stack on devices which support such rendering. If thereRequires a group key also be set using setGroup(String). The group summary may be suppressed if too few notifications are included in the group.

Parameters
isGroupSummary	boolean: Whether this notification should be a group summary.

Returns
Notification.Builder	this object for method chaining This value cannot be null.

setLargeIcon

Added in API level 11

public Notification.Builder setLargeIcon (Bitmap b)

Add a large icon to the notification content view. In the platform template, this image will be shown either on the right of the notification, with an aspect ratio of up to 16:9, or (when the notification is grouped) on the left in place of the small icon.

Parameters
b	Bitmap

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setLargeIcon

Added in API level 23

public Notification.Builder setLargeIcon (Icon icon)

Add a large icon to the notification content view. In the platform template, this image will be shown either on the right of the notification, with an aspect ratio of up to 16:9, or (when the notification is grouped) on the left in place of the small icon.

Parameters
icon	Icon

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setLights

Added in API level 11
Deprecated in API level 26

public Notification.Builder setLights (int argb, 
                int onMs, 
                int offMs)

This method was deprecated in API level 26.
use NotificationChannel#enableLights(boolean) instead.

Set the desired color for the indicator LED on the device, as well as the blink duty cycle (specified in milliseconds). Not all devices will honor all (or even any) of these values.

Parameters
argb	int
onMs	int
offMs	int

Returns
Notification.Builder

See also:

• Notification.ledARGB
• Notification.ledOnMS
• Notification.ledOffMS

setLocalOnly

Added in API level 20

public Notification.Builder setLocalOnly (boolean localOnly)

Set whether or not this notification should not bridge to other devices.

Some notifications can be bridged to other devices for remote display. This hint can be set to recommend this notification not be bridged.

Parameters
localOnly	boolean

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setLocusId

Added in API level 29

public Notification.Builder setLocusId (LocusId locusId)

Sets the LocusId associated with this notification.

This method should be called when the LocusId is used in other places (such as ShortcutInfo and ContentCaptureContext) so the device's intelligence services can correlate them.

Parameters
locusId	LocusId: This value may be null.

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setNumber

Added in API level 11

public Notification.Builder setNumber (int number)

Sets the number of items this notification represents. May be displayed as a badge count for Launchers that support badging.

Parameters
number	int

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setOngoing

Added in API level 11

public Notification.Builder setOngoing (boolean ongoing)

Set whether this is an "ongoing" notification. Ongoing notifications cannot be dismissed by the user on locked devices, or by notification listeners, and some notifications (call, device management, media) cannot be dismissed on unlocked devices, so your application or service must take care of canceling them. They are typically used to indicate a background task that the user is actively engaged with (e.g., playing music) or is pending in some way and therefore occupying the device (e.g., a file download, sync operation, active network connection).

Parameters
ongoing	boolean

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.FLAG_ONGOING_EVENT

setOnlyAlertOnce

Added in API level 11

public Notification.Builder setOnlyAlertOnce (boolean onlyAlertOnce)

Set this flag if you would only like the sound, vibrate and ticker to be played if the notification is not already showing. Note that using this flag will stop any ongoing alerting behaviour such as sound, vibration or blinking notification LED.

Parameters
onlyAlertOnce	boolean

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.FLAG_ONLY_ALERT_ONCE

setPriority

Added in API level 16
Deprecated in API level 26

public Notification.Builder setPriority (int pri)

This method was deprecated in API level 26.
use NotificationChannel#setImportance(int) instead.

Set the priority of this notification.

Parameters
pri	int: Value is Notification.PRIORITY_DEFAULT, Notification.PRIORITY_LOW, Notification.PRIORITY_MIN, Notification.PRIORITY_HIGH, or Notification.PRIORITY_MAX

Returns
Notification.Builder

See also:

• Notification.priority

setProgress

Added in API level 14

public Notification.Builder setProgress (int max, 
                int progress, 
                boolean indeterminate)

Set the progress this notification represents. The platform template will represent this using a ProgressBar.

Parameters
max	int
progress	int
indeterminate	boolean

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setPublicVersion

Added in API level 21

public Notification.Builder setPublicVersion (Notification n)

Supply a replacement Notification whose contents should be shown in insecure contexts (i.e. atop the secure lockscreen). See Notification.visibility and Notification.VISIBILITY_PUBLIC.

Parameters
n	Notification: A replacement notification, presumably with some or all info redacted.

Returns
Notification.Builder	The same Builder. This value cannot be null.

setRemoteInputHistory

Added in API level 24

public Notification.Builder setRemoteInputHistory (CharSequence[] text)

Set the remote input history. This should be set to the most recent inputs that have been sent through a RemoteInput of this Notification and cleared once the it is no longer relevant (e.g. for chat notifications once the other party has responded). The most recent input must be stored at the 0 index, the second most recent at the 1 index, etc. Note that the system will limit both how far back the inputs will be shown and how much of each individual input is shown.

Note: The reply text will only be shown on notifications that have least one action with a RemoteInput.

Parameters
text	CharSequence

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setSettingsText

Added in API level 26

public Notification.Builder setSettingsText (CharSequence text)

Provides text that will appear as a link to your application's settings.

This text does not appear within notification templates but may appear when the user uses an affordance to learn more about the notification. Additionally, this text will not appear unless you provide a valid link target by handling Notification.INTENT_CATEGORY_NOTIFICATION_PREFERENCES.

This text is meant to be concise description about what the user can customize when they click on this link. The recommended maximum length is 40 characters.

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setShortcutId

Added in API level 26

public Notification.Builder setShortcutId (String shortcutId)

From Android 11, messaging notifications (those that use MessagingStyle) that use this method to link to a published long-lived sharing shortcut may appear in a dedicated Conversation section of the shade and may show configuration options that are unique to conversations. This behavior should be reserved for person to person(s) conversations where there is a likely social obligation for an individual to respond.

For example, the following are some examples of notifications that belong in the conversation space:

• 1:1 conversations between two individuals
• Group conversations between individuals where everyone can contribute

And the following are some examples of notifications that do not belong in the conversation space:

• Advertisements from a bot (even if personal and contextualized)
• Engagement notifications from a bot
• Directional conversations where there is an active speaker and many passive individuals
• Stream / posting updates from other individuals
• Email, document comments, or other conversation types that are not real-time

Additionally, this method can be used for all types of notifications to mark this notification as duplicative of a Launcher shortcut. Launchers that show badges or notification content may then suppress the shortcut in favor of the content of this notification.

If this notification has BubbleMetadata attached that was created with a shortcutId a check will be performed to ensure the shortcutId supplied to bubble metadata matches the shortcutId set here, if one was set. If the shortcutId's were specified but do not match, an exception is thrown.

Parameters
shortcutId	String: the id of the shortcut this notification is linked to

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.BubbleMetadata.Builder.Builder(String)

setShowWhen

Added in API level 17

public Notification.Builder setShowWhen (boolean show)

Control whether the timestamp set with setWhen is shown in the content view.

Parameters
show	boolean

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setSmallIcon

Added in API level 11

public Notification.Builder setSmallIcon (int icon, 
                int level)

A variant of setSmallIcon(int) that takes an additional level parameter for when the icon is a LevelListDrawable.

Parameters
icon	int: A resource ID in the application's package of the drawable to use.
level	int: The level to use for the icon.

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.icon
• Notification.iconLevel

setSmallIcon

Added in API level 11

public Notification.Builder setSmallIcon (int icon)

Set the small icon resource, which will be used to represent the notification in the status bar. The platform template for the expanded view will draw this icon in the left, unless a large icon has also been specified, in which case the small icon will be moved to the right-hand side.

Parameters
icon	int: A resource ID in the application's package of the drawable to use.

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.icon

setSmallIcon

Added in API level 23

public Notification.Builder setSmallIcon (Icon icon)

Set the small icon, which will be used to represent the notification in the status bar and content view (unless overridden there by a large icon).

Parameters
icon	Icon: An Icon object to use.

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.icon

setSortKey

Added in API level 20

public Notification.Builder setSortKey (String sortKey)

Set a sort key that orders this notification among other notifications from the same package. This can be useful if an external sort was already applied and an app would like to preserve this. Notifications will be sorted lexicographically using this value, although providing different priorities in addition to providing sort key may cause this value to be ignored.

This sort key can also be used to order members of a notification group. See setGroup(String).

Parameters
sortKey	String

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• String.compareTo(String)

setSound

Added in API level 21
Deprecated in API level 26

public Notification.Builder setSound (Uri sound, 
                AudioAttributes audioAttributes)

This method was deprecated in API level 26.
use NotificationChannel#setSound(Uri, AudioAttributes) instead.

Set the sound to play, along with specific audio attributes to use during playback.

Parameters
sound	Uri
audioAttributes	AudioAttributes

Returns
Notification.Builder

See also:

• Notification.sound

setSound

Added in API level 11
Deprecated in API level 26

public Notification.Builder setSound (Uri sound)

This method was deprecated in API level 26.
use NotificationChannel#setSound(Uri, AudioAttributes) instead.

Set the sound to play. It will be played using the default audio attributes for notifications.

Parameters
sound	Uri

Returns
Notification.Builder

setSound

Added in API level 11
Deprecated in API level 21

public Notification.Builder setSound (Uri sound, 
                int streamType)

This method was deprecated in API level 21.
use NotificationChannel#setSound(Uri, AudioAttributes).

Set the sound to play, along with a specific stream on which to play it. See AudioManager for the STREAM_ constants.

Parameters
sound	Uri
streamType	int

Returns
Notification.Builder

setStyle

Added in API level 16

public Notification.Builder setStyle (Notification.Style style)

Add a rich notification style to be applied at build time.

Parameters
style	Notification.Style: Object responsible for modifying the notification style.

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setSubText

Added in API level 16

public Notification.Builder setSubText (CharSequence text)

This provides some additional information that is displayed in the notification. No guarantees are given where exactly it is displayed.

This information should only be provided if it provides an essential benefit to the understanding of the notification. The more text you provide the less readable it becomes. For example, an email client should only provide the account name here if more than one email account has been added.

As of Build.VERSION_CODES.N this information is displayed in the notification header area. On Android versions before Build.VERSION_CODES.N this will be shown in the third line of text in the platform notification template. You should not be using setProgress(int, int, boolean) at the same time on those versions; they occupy the same place.

Parameters
text	CharSequence

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setTicker

Added in API level 11
Deprecated in API level 21

public Notification.Builder setTicker (CharSequence tickerText, 
                RemoteViews views)

Obsolete version of setTicker(java.lang.CharSequence).

Parameters
tickerText	CharSequence
views	RemoteViews

Returns
Notification.Builder

setTicker

Added in API level 11

public Notification.Builder setTicker (CharSequence tickerText)

Set the "ticker" text which is sent to accessibility services.

Parameters
tickerText	CharSequence

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.tickerText

setTimeoutAfter

Added in API level 26

public Notification.Builder setTimeoutAfter (long durationMs)

Specifies a duration in milliseconds after which this notification should be canceled, if it is not already canceled.

Parameters
durationMs	long

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

setUsesChronometer

Added in API level 16

public Notification.Builder setUsesChronometer (boolean b)

Show the Notification#when field as a stopwatch. Instead of presenting when as a timestamp, the notification will show an automatically updating display of the minutes and seconds since when. Useful when showing an elapsed time (like an ongoing phone call). The counter can also be set to count down to when when using setChronometerCountDown(boolean).

Parameters
b	boolean

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Chronometer
• Notification.when
• setChronometerCountDown(boolean)

setVibrate

Added in API level 11
Deprecated in API level 26

public Notification.Builder setVibrate (long[] pattern)

This method was deprecated in API level 26.
use NotificationChannel#setVibrationPattern(long[]) instead.

Set the vibration pattern to use. See Vibrator.vibrate(long[], int) for a discussion of the pattern parameter.

A notification that vibrates is more likely to be presented as a heads-up notification.

Parameters
pattern	long

Returns
Notification.Builder

See also:

• Notification.vibrate

setVisibility

Added in API level 21

public Notification.Builder setVisibility (int visibility)

Specify the value of Notification.visibility.

Parameters
visibility	int: Value is Notification.VISIBILITY_PUBLIC, Notification.VISIBILITY_PRIVATE, or Notification.VISIBILITY_SECRET

Returns
Notification.Builder	The same Builder. This value cannot be null.

setWhen

Added in API level 11

public Notification.Builder setWhen (long when)

Add a timestamp pertaining to the notification (usually the time the event occurred).

Parameters
when	long

Returns
Notification.Builder	This value cannot be null.

See also:

• Notification.when