Ongoing notification?

[JonPM]

Just wondering if it's possible with B4A to create an ongoing notification bar with multiple icons that launch different activities (ie open browser, launch email app, etc). So like a shortcut bar but one that resides in the notification area. It would also need to start automatically if the phone it's restarted. Is this currently possible?

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[thedesolatesoul]

Do you mean 1 notification, with multiple icons in it?
I dont think that is currently possible. You may be able to override the drawables, but I dont think you will be able to handle the events.

 

[JonPM]

Yes 1 notification with multiple icons

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[Erel]

It is possible to do it. You will need to create several notification objects. One for each icon.

To start your application after boot you should mark Project - Service properties - Start at boot.

 

[JonPM]

It is possible to do it. You will need to create several notification objects. One for each icon.

To start your application after boot you should mark Project - Service properties - Start at boot.

Kind of a late reply...

But can the notification icons be lined up horizontally? Or only vertically.

 

[Erel]

The notifications layout is set by the OS. You cannot change it.

 

[JonPM]

This is what I am describing. A horizontal graphical notification in which there are different buttons to toggle different events. Possible?

 

[thedesolatesoul]

I dont know about this particular example (whether is is an actual notification or not) but my SGS had some buttons on the music player notification.

This is done through remote views, and I just noticed that B4A does support remote views albeit for widgets only.

Now, if it is possible to get the 'contentview' of the notification via reflection, it may indeed be possible to do something like this.

Nevertheless it will require careful handling.

 

[thedesolatesoul]

Okay I tried to make a library to set the contentview of a notification, but it does not work.
There are probably too many wrappers to circumvent.
Its not such a small job as I thought it would be. Its a big task.
I know Erel will be a bit angry at how I am obliterating his code


Nevertheless here is the code I copied around with:
EDIT: Removed

 

[JonPM]

Thanks for trying. I wish I could help but this might as well be a foreign language to me. Anyone?

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[Erel]

@thedesolatesoul, unless I posted this code in another thread (or gave explicit permission), you should not decompile the code and post it.

 

[thedesolatesoul]

@thedesolatesoul, unless I posted this code in another thread (or gave explicit permission), you should not decompile the code and post it.

Hi Erel,
I apologize. I did realise I was on the border with that one, but got a bit over-enthusiastic. No malice intended. Honest to god, :sign0013::sign0013::sign0013:
I will be more careful next time.

 

[Erel]

:sign0100:
No problem...

 

[JonPM]

:sign0100:
No problem...

So is it possible in B4A? :sign0085:

 

[Erel]

Currently it is not possible (without writing a new library).