Notification from a service

Question

I\'m trying to display a simple notification when a C2DM message is received. Services provide to UI but still run on the main thread. I\'ve seen people claim you can create and

Answer 1

First, the exception is thrown because you create a notification which has no view object referenced to it (contentView attribute is set to null) . You have to call setLatestEventInfo before showing the notification.

Second, the constructor you're using is deprecated. Please use the class Notification.Builder for creating notifications. If you support Android < API level 11, you can use the class NotificationCompat.Builder from the support library.

Third, yes it is possible to create notifications from a running service.

Answer 2

You should read the Notification documentation. Content View is required if you don't called the setLatestEventInfo() method.