Android APIs
public abstract class

NotificationListenerService

extends Service
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.content.Context
     ↳ android.content.ContextWrapper
       ↳ android.app.Service
         ↳ android.service.notification.NotificationListenerService

Class Overview

A service that receives calls from the system when new notifications are posted or removed, or their ranking changed.

To extend this class, you must declare the service in your manifest file with the BIND_NOTIFICATION_LISTENER_SERVICE permission and include an intent filter with the SERVICE_INTERFACE action. For example:

 <service android:name=".NotificationListener"
          android:label="@string/service_name"
          android:permission="android.permission.BIND_NOTIFICATION_LISTENER_SERVICE">
     <intent-filter>
         <action android:name="android.service.notification.NotificationListenerService" />
     </intent-filter>
 </service>

Summary

Nested Classes
class NotificationListenerService.Ranking Provides access to ranking information on a currently active notification. 
class NotificationListenerService.RankingMap Provides access to ranking information on currently active notifications. 
Constants
String SERVICE_INTERFACE The Intent that must be declared as handled by the service.
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Inherited Constants
From class android.app.Service
From class android.content.Context
From interface android.content.ComponentCallbacks2
Public Constructors
NotificationListenerService()
Public Methods
final void cancelAllNotifications()
Inform the notification manager about dismissal of all notifications.
final void cancelNotification(String key)
Inform the notification manager about dismissal of a single notification.
final void cancelNotification(String pkg, String tag, int id)
This method is deprecated. Use cancelNotification(String) instead. Beginning with L this method will no longer cancel the notification. It will continue to cancel the notification for applications whose targetSdkVersion is earlier than L.
final void cancelNotifications(String[] keys)
Inform the notification manager about dismissal of specific notifications.
StatusBarNotification[] getActiveNotifications()
Request the list of outstanding notifications (that is, those that are visible to the current user).
NotificationListenerService.RankingMap getCurrentRanking()
Returns current ranking information.
IBinder onBind(Intent intent)
Return the communication channel to the service.
void onListenerConnected()
Implement this method to learn about when the listener is enabled and connected to the notification manager.
void onNotificationPosted(StatusBarNotification sbn)
Implement this method to learn about new notifications as they are posted by apps.
void onNotificationPosted(StatusBarNotification sbn, NotificationListenerService.RankingMap rankingMap)
Implement this method to learn about new notifications as they are posted by apps.
void onNotificationRankingUpdate(NotificationListenerService.RankingMap rankingMap)
Implement this method to be notified when the notification ranking changes.
void onNotificationRemoved(StatusBarNotification sbn)
Implement this method to learn when notifications are removed.
void onNotificationRemoved(StatusBarNotification sbn, NotificationListenerService.RankingMap rankingMap)
Implement this method to learn when notifications are removed.
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Inherited Methods
From class android.app.Service
From class android.content.ContextWrapper
From class android.content.Context
From class java.lang.Object
From interface android.content.ComponentCallbacks
From interface android.content.ComponentCallbacks2

Constants

public static final String SERVICE_INTERFACE

Added in API level 18

The Intent that must be declared as handled by the service.

Constant Value: "android.service.notification.NotificationListenerService"

Public Constructors

public NotificationListenerService ()

Added in API level 18

Public Methods

public final void cancelAllNotifications ()

Added in API level 18

Inform the notification manager about dismissal of all notifications.

Use this if your listener has a user interface that allows the user to dismiss all notifications, similar to the behavior of Android's status bar and notification panel. It should be called after the user invokes the "dismiss all" function of your UI; upon being informed, the notification manager will actually remove all active notifications and you will get multiple onNotificationRemoved(StatusBarNotification) callbacks.

public final void cancelNotification (String key)

Inform the notification manager about dismissal of a single notification.

Use this if your listener has a user interface that allows the user to dismiss individual notifications, similar to the behavior of Android's status bar and notification panel. It should be called after the user dismisses a single notification using your UI; upon being informed, the notification manager will actually remove the notification and you will get an onNotificationRemoved(StatusBarNotification) callback.

Note: If your listener allows the user to fire a notification's contentIntent by tapping/clicking/etc., you should call this method at that time if the Notification in question has the FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL flag set.

Parameters
key Notification to dismiss from getKey().

public final void cancelNotification (String pkg, String tag, int id)

Added in API level 18

This method is deprecated.
Use cancelNotification(String) instead. Beginning with L this method will no longer cancel the notification. It will continue to cancel the notification for applications whose targetSdkVersion is earlier than L.

Inform the notification manager about dismissal of a single notification.

Use this if your listener has a user interface that allows the user to dismiss individual notifications, similar to the behavior of Android's status bar and notification panel. It should be called after the user dismisses a single notification using your UI; upon being informed, the notification manager will actually remove the notification and you will get an onNotificationRemoved(StatusBarNotification) callback.

Note: If your listener allows the user to fire a notification's contentIntent by tapping/clicking/etc., you should call this method at that time if the Notification in question has the FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL flag set.

Parameters
pkg Package of the notifying app.
tag Tag of the notification as specified by the notifying app in notify(String, int, android.app.Notification).
id ID of the notification as specified by the notifying app in notify(String, int, android.app.Notification).

public final void cancelNotifications (String[] keys)

Inform the notification manager about dismissal of specific notifications.

Use this if your listener has a user interface that allows the user to dismiss multiple notifications at once.

Parameters
keys Notifications to dismiss, or null to dismiss all.

public StatusBarNotification[] getActiveNotifications ()

Added in API level 18

Request the list of outstanding notifications (that is, those that are visible to the current user). Useful when you don't know what's already been posted.

Returns
  • An array of active notifications, sorted in natural order.

public NotificationListenerService.RankingMap getCurrentRanking ()

Returns current ranking information.

The returned object represents the current ranking snapshot and only applies for currently active notifications.

Generally you should use the RankingMap that is passed with events such as onNotificationPosted(StatusBarNotification, RankingMap), onNotificationRemoved(StatusBarNotification, RankingMap), and so on. This method should only be used when needing access outside of such events, for example to retrieve the RankingMap right after initialization.

Returns

public IBinder onBind (Intent intent)

Added in API level 18

Return the communication channel to the service. May return null if clients can not bind to the service. The returned IBinder is usually for a complex interface that has been described using aidl.

Note that unlike other application components, calls on to the IBinder interface returned here may not happen on the main thread of the process. More information about the main thread can be found in Processes and Threads.

Parameters
intent The Intent that was used to bind to this service, as given to Context.bindService. Note that any extras that were included with the Intent at that point will not be seen here.
Returns
  • Return an IBinder through which clients can call on to the service.

public void onListenerConnected ()

Implement this method to learn about when the listener is enabled and connected to the notification manager. You are safe to call getActiveNotifications() at this time.

public void onNotificationPosted (StatusBarNotification sbn)

Added in API level 18

Implement this method to learn about new notifications as they are posted by apps.

Parameters
sbn A data structure encapsulating the original Notification object as well as its identifying information (tag and id) and source (package name).

public void onNotificationPosted (StatusBarNotification sbn, NotificationListenerService.RankingMap rankingMap)

Implement this method to learn about new notifications as they are posted by apps.

Parameters
sbn A data structure encapsulating the original Notification object as well as its identifying information (tag and id) and source (package name).
rankingMap The current ranking map that can be used to retrieve ranking information for active notifications, including the newly posted one.

public void onNotificationRankingUpdate (NotificationListenerService.RankingMap rankingMap)

Implement this method to be notified when the notification ranking changes.

Parameters
rankingMap The current ranking map that can be used to retrieve ranking information for active notifications.

public void onNotificationRemoved (StatusBarNotification sbn)

Added in API level 18

Implement this method to learn when notifications are removed.

This might occur because the user has dismissed the notification using system UI (or another notification listener) or because the app has withdrawn the notification.

NOTE: The StatusBarNotification object you receive will be "light"; that is, the result from getNotification() may be missing some heavyweight fields such as contentView and largeIcon. However, all other fields on StatusBarNotification, sufficient to match this call with a prior call to onNotificationPosted(StatusBarNotification), will be intact.

Parameters
sbn A data structure encapsulating at least the original information (tag and id) and source (package name) used to post the Notification that was just removed.

public void onNotificationRemoved (StatusBarNotification sbn, NotificationListenerService.RankingMap rankingMap)

Implement this method to learn when notifications are removed.

This might occur because the user has dismissed the notification using system UI (or another notification listener) or because the app has withdrawn the notification.

NOTE: The StatusBarNotification object you receive will be "light"; that is, the result from getNotification() may be missing some heavyweight fields such as contentView and largeIcon. However, all other fields on StatusBarNotification, sufficient to match this call with a prior call to onNotificationPosted(StatusBarNotification), will be intact.

Parameters
sbn A data structure encapsulating at least the original information (tag and id) and source (package name) used to post the Notification that was just removed.
rankingMap The current ranking map that can be used to retrieve ranking information for active notifications.