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Displaying Proper Notification While Image is Being Uploaded in Phimpme

In this blog, I will explain how to display App Icon and appropriate text messages in the notification bar while the image is being uploaded on the various social media platform in Phimpme Android application.

Displaying Application icon in the Notification Bar

Whenever Phimpme application uses the notification the application icon should be present during the progress bar is showing and after the image has been uploaded to the social network website.

In the notification bar there are two types of the icon that can be set:

  • Small icon
  • Large Icon

In the small icon, we are putting the upload sign to tell the users that the image is being uploaded.

In the large icon, I am putting the logo of the Phimpme application. This way when the user exits the application while there is an upload process going on, he or she will know that the upload process is from the Phimpme application.

To set the app icon in the Notification bar: 

.setLargeIcon(BitmapFactory.decodeResource(ActivitySwitchHelper.getContext().getResources(),
       R.mipmap.ic_launcher))

To set the small icon in the Notification bar:

.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_cloud_upload_black_24dp)

Displaying appropriate account name while uploading the Image

While uploading an Image the notification bar should show the appropriate Account Name in which the account is being uploaded. For example, if the image is being uploaded on Google Plus then the Notification should display “Uploading the image on Google Plus”.

For this, we need to modify the NotificationHandler.make() function and make it accept String resource as a parameter. We can then modify setContentTitle() function to display the appropriate message. 

public static void make(@StringRes int title){

//Display Notification code over here

}

setContentTitle() function in Phimpme to display the appropriate function:

mBuilder.setContentTitle(ActivitySwitchHelper.getContext().getString(R.string.upload_progress) + " " + ActivitySwitchHelper.getContext().getResources().getString(title))

Notification make() function after the changes:

public static void make(@StringRes int title){
   mNotifyManager = (NotificationManager) ActivitySwitchHelper.getContext().getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
   mBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(ActivitySwitchHelper.getContext());
   mBuilder.setContentTitle(ActivitySwitchHelper.getContext().getString(R.string.upload_progress) + " " + ActivitySwitchHelper.getContext().getResources().getString(title))
           .setLargeIcon(BitmapFactory.decodeResource(ActivitySwitchHelper.getContext().getResources(),
                   R.mipmap.ic_launcher))
           .setContentText(ActivitySwitchHelper.getContext().getString(R.string.progress))
           .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_cloud_upload_black_24dp)
           .setOngoing(true);
   mBuilder.setProgress(0, 0, true);
   // Issues the notification
   mNotifyManager.notify(id, mBuilder.build());
}

Conclusion

Notification makes any application more interactive and show live updates even when the application is in use. By following this method users can be aware of the upload functionality and in which account the image is beign uploaded.

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