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Notes - Modern Android Notifications (Android Dev Summit '18)

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  • Respect user's settings
  • Send well-structured notification
  • Send relevant and timely notification
  • Make use of Auto-cancelling
  • Make use of Timeouts
  • No notifications that are not actionable

Notification Channels

  • Used to empower users
  • Help user categorize the notification
  • Help user customize the setting

Tips

  • Don't use only one channel
  • Don't use wrong/blocked channel

What's new in Notifications

  • API 28: New person class
// create new Person
val sender = Person.Builder().setName(name)
  .setUri(uri)
  .setIcon(icon)
  .build()

// create message with image
val message = Notification.MessagingStyle.Message("Picture", time, sender)
  .setData("image/", imageUri)

val style = Notification.MessagingStyle(sender)
  .addMessage("Check this out!", time, sender)
  .addMessage(message)
  .build()
...

val builder = Notification.Builder(this, CHANNEL_ID)
  .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.notification_icon)
  .setStyle(style) 

Tips

  • Do not auto-cancel messaging notification after sending
    • Let user swipe the notification when they finish their conversation

Digital Wellbeing

  • Overview of app usage
  • Dashboard for notification received, time spending on apps
  • To manage notifications, reduce interruptions

How are notifications counted?

=> If notifications were sent to blocked channel they are not counted, otherwise counted.

Reduce interruptions

  • Empower user

Work with Do not Disturb

  • Set category
  • Tag people
    • Add person
    • Set the URI associated with the person

Summary

Don't annoy the user. Respect them. Empower them. Delight them.

Connect them to the people they care about.