Couldn't expand RemoteViews

Question

I try to create a custom notification but getting the following exception:

FATAL EXCEPTION: main
android.app.RemoteServiceException: Bad notification posted from         


        

Answer 1

You cannot put an EditText into a RemoteViews. RemoteViews is limited to a handful of possible widgets, specifically those documented for use on an app widget. And, for a Notification, I doubt that the AdapterView options, like ListView, will work either.

Answer 2

For me, it was because I was setting the text inside the remoteViews TextViews incorrectly. I was doing this:

remoteViews.setString(R.id.txt, "setText", "text");

Using one of these methods solved it for me:

remoteViews.setCharSequence(R.id.txt, "setText", "text");
//Or simply:
remoteViews.setTextViewText(R.id.txt, "text");

Answer 3

I've found that using android:background="?attr/colorPrimaryDark" also causes a crash. When changed to android:background="@color/colorPrimaryDark" it stopped crashing.

Answer 4

If you have a ScrollView amongst your RemoteViews, remove it. This worked for me.

Answer 5

Not all views can be used in RemoteViews. A RemoteViews object can support the following layout classes:

‍FrameLayout

LinearLayout

RelativeLayout

GridLayout

AnalogClock

Button

Chronometer

ImageButton

ImageView

ProgressBar

TextView

ViewFlipper

ListView

GridView

StackView

AdapterViewFlipper

You can't use other layout classes like EditText or CustomViews.