Notification is a message that will be displayed to the user outside of the application’s usual UI.
When you execute a command telling the system to issue a notification, it will appear as an icon in the notification area, and to see the details, the user opens the notification space.
{% hint style="info" %} The notification space is this area where the details are shown (also called the notification drawer) are areas controlled by the system and the user can see at any time. {% endhint %}
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To specify actions and information that will be displayed to the user, use a
Notification.Builder
object. -
To create a push notification, use
Notification.Builder.build()
, which is an example of the type ofnotification
provided as previously defined specifications. -
To notify a notification, simply pass the
Notification
object usingNotificationManager.getInstance().Notify();
The object on smartphones should contain the following:
- A title, defined by
title();
- Detail text, defined by
text();
{% code title="HelloTCNotification" %}
import totalcross.notification.Notification;
import totalcross.notification.NotificationManager;
import totalcross.sys.Settings;
import totalcross.ui.Button;
import totalcross.ui.Edit;
import totalcross.ui.MainWindow;
public class HelloWorld extends MainWindow {
private Button btnHello;
public HelloWorld(){
super("", NO_BORDER);
Settings.uiAdjustmentsBasedOnFontHeight = true;
setUIStyle(Settings.Material);
}
public void initUI() {
Edit title = new Edit("Title");
title.caption = "Title";
add(title, LEFT+150, TOP+100, FILL-150, PREFERRED);
Edit text = new Edit("Text");
text.caption = "Text";
add(text, LEFT+150, AFTER+50, FILL-150, PREFERRED);
btnHello = new Button("Notify!");
btnHello.addPressListener(
(e) -> {
Notification.Builder builder = new Notification.Builder();
Notification notification = builder
.title(title.getText())
.text(text.getText())
.build();
NotificationManager.getInstance().notify(notification);
});
add(btnHello, CENTER, AFTER+150, PARENTSIZE+38, PARENTSIZE+8);
}
}
{% endcode %}
- to see the complete example, go to our GitHub
- You can also view this quick tutorial video on how to create notifications.