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Alexandr Mirgorod
Alexandr Mirgorod

Reputation: 55

Set a bitmap to Android Notification setSmallIcon

Hi i have a generated merged bitmap and need to set it in Android Notification SmallIcon, how i can do this?

If i try use bitmap like drawable icon i get error.

Bitmap bitmap = dynamicIcon.merge();
builder.setSmallIcon(bitmap);

Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2996

Answers (2)

Shayan D
Shayan D

Reputation: 619

Setting bitmap as small icon is available from android M and cannot be used in lower versions.

first you have to check if version is above M or not.

if it's bellow you should use NotificationCompat.Buidler

if it's above android M you should use Notification.Builder

in Notification.Buidler you have a method called setSmallIcon(Icon) that can be uses like this.

builder.setSmallIcon(Icon.createFromBitmap(bitmap));

so if you really need this feature& you only can use it in api level 26 and above.

Upvotes: 0

tofa
tofa

Reputation: 69

You have to use icon from res/drawable folder for setSmallIcon().

But in API23, you can use bitmap

    setSmallIcon(Icon.createWithBitmap(bitmap))

Upvotes: 1

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