Android Application Development Cookbook - Second Edition

Chapter 7. Alerts and Notifications

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• Lights, Action, and Sound – getting the user's attention!
• Creating a Toast using a custom layout
• Displaying a message box with AlertDialog
• Displaying a progress dialog
• Lights, Action, and Sound Redux using Notifications
• Creating a Media Player Notification
• Making a Flashlight with a Heads-Up Notification

Introduction

Android provides many ways to notify your user—from non-visual methods, including sounds, lights, and vibration, to visual methods including Toasts, Dialogs, and Status Bar notifications.

Keep in mind, notifications distract your user, so it's a good idea to be very judicious when using any notification. Users like to be in control of their device (it is ...