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/*** Copyright (c) 2008-2012 CommonsWare, LLC Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. From _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ http://commonsware.com/Android */ package com.commonsware.android.ordered; import android.app.Notification; import android.app.NotificationManager; import android.app.PendingIntent; import android.content.BroadcastReceiver; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat; public class NoticeReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver { private static final int NOTIFY_ME_ID = 1337; @Override public void onReceive(Context ctxt, Intent intent) { NotificationManager mgr = (NotificationManager) ctxt.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE); NotificationCompat.Builder b = new NotificationCompat.Builder(ctxt); PendingIntent pi = PendingIntent.getActivity(ctxt, 0, new Intent(ctxt, OrderedActivity.class), 0); b.setAutoCancel(true).setDefaults(Notification.DEFAULT_ALL).setWhen(System.currentTimeMillis()) .setContentTitle(ctxt.getString(R.string.notify_title)) .setContentText(ctxt.getString(R.string.notify_text)) .setSmallIcon(android.R.drawable.stat_notify_chat).setTicker(ctxt.getString(R.string.notify_ticker)) .setContentIntent(pi); mgr.notify(NOTIFY_ME_ID, b.build()); } }