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Using the Notification type

Example of notification in Android

Properties specific to the description of Notification variables for a local notification

Properties specific to the description of Notification variables for a push notification

Functions that use the Notification type

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Notification (Type of variable)

In french: Notification

The Notification type is used to handle

the local notifications.
Versions 19 and later
the push notifications.
New in version 19
the push notifications.
the push notifications.

The characteristics of this notification can be defined and modified by several WLanguage properties.

Remark: See Declaring a variable for more details on the declaration of this type of variable and the use of WLanguage properties.

Versions 19 and later

This type of variable is now available for the WINDEV applications (for sending push notifications).

This type of variable is now available for the WEBDEV sites (for sending push notifications).

This type of variable is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications (local notifications and push notifications).

New in version 19

This type of variable is now available for the WINDEV applications (for sending push notifications).

This type of variable is now available for the WEBDEV sites (for sending push notifications).

This type of variable is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications (local notifications and push notifications).

This type of variable is now available for the WINDEV applications (for sending push notifications).

This type of variable is now available for the WEBDEV sites (for sending push notifications).

This type of variable is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications (local notifications and push notifications).

Example

// Simple notification
// --------------------
notif is Notification
notif..Title = "New incoming message"
notif..Message = "Click here to display the message"
NotifAdd(notif)

Versions 20 and later

// Notification with two additional actions
n is Notification
n..Title = "New message"
n..Message = "Order #54781-4551"
n..SecondaryMessage = "customer@company.com"
n..LargeIcon = "envelope.png"
n..AdditionalAction[1]..ActionLabel = "Respond"
n..AdditionalAction[1]..Icon = "respond.png"
n..AdditionalAction[1]..ActionClick = "procRespond"
n..AdditionalAction[2]..ActionLabel = "Delete"
n..AdditionalAction[2]..Icon = "delete.png"
n..AdditionalAction[2]..ActionClick = "procDelete"
NotifAdd(n)

// Notification while defining a notification format
n is Notification
n..Title = "Photo saved"
n..Message = "Date of snapshot : 18/07/2014 19:45"
n..LargeIcon = "photo.png"
n..SecondaryMessage = "desert.png"
n..Format..Format = notifImageFormat
n..Format..Content = fCurrentDir + "photos/desert.png"
NotifAdd(n)

New in version 20

Remarks

Using the Notification type

The Notification type is used to manage the local notifications and the push notifications.

This help page presents:

an example of notification on Android.
the properties specific to the description of Notification variables for a local notification.
Versions 19 and later
the properties specific to the description of Notification variables for a push notification.
New in version 19
the properties specific to the description of Notification variables for a push notification.
the properties specific to the description of Notification variables for a push notification.

Example of notification in Android

The different elements of this notification can be configured by the Notification type:

Versions 20 and later
1. Large icon of notification (..LargeIcon).
New in version 20
1. Large icon of notification (..LargeIcon).
1. Large icon of notification (..LargeIcon).
2. Title of notification (..Title).
3. Message of notification (..Message).
Versions 20 and later
4. Secondary message (..SecondaryMessage).
New in version 20
4. Secondary message (..SecondaryMessage).
4. Secondary message (..SecondaryMessage).
Versions 20 and later
5. Time for receiving the notification (..Chronometer).
New in version 20
5. Time for receiving the notification (..Chronometer).
5. Time for receiving the notification (..Chronometer).
6. Icon of application (..Icon).
Versions 20 and later
7. Additional actions of notification (..AdditionalAction).
New in version 20
7. Additional actions of notification (..AdditionalAction).
7. Additional actions of notification (..AdditionalAction).

Properties specific to the description of Notification variables for a local notification

The following properties can be used to handle a notification:

Property name	Type used	Effect

ActionClick	Value or name of procedure	Name of WLanguage procedure called when the user clicks the notification in the drop-down list of notifications displayed on the device. This procedure has the following format : PROCEDURE <Procedure name> (<Notification>) where <Notification> is a Notification variable corresponding to the notification selected by the user. If the WLanguage procedure returns True or if it returns no value: the notification will be automatically deleted from the system bar. Versions 19 and later the notification is not deleted from the system bar. New in version 19 the notification is not deleted from the system bar. the notification is not deleted from the system bar. If the procedure returns False, the notification will still be displayed. If ..ActionClick corresponds to an empty string (""), no action will be performed during the click and the notification will be automatically erased after the click. We recommend that you use global procedures. If the procedure is a local procedure, the name of this procedure must be prefixed by the full name of object to which the procedure belongs. For example, for a procedure local to a window: "WIN_Window1.MyProcedure".
Versions 20 and later AdditionalAction New in version 20 AdditionalAction AdditionalAction	Array of notificationAction variables	Additional actions associated with the notification. Caution: The additional actions of notifications are available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). The additional actions will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version. This property is not available.
Versions 18 and later ActivateApplication New in version 18 ActivateApplication ActivateApplication	Boolean	True if the application must be displayed in the foreground during the click on the notification. False (default value) otherwise. This property is not available.
DisplayLED	Boolean	True if the LED of the device must be switched on when the notification is displayed, False (default value) otherwise. The color of the LED and the frequency of lighting can change from a device to another one. Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. This property is not available.
Versions 25 and later AlertOnce New in version 25 AlertOnce AlertOnce	Boolean	Allows managing the alert in case the notification is already displayed: True to not play the notification sound or vibration if the notification is already displayed, False (default value) otherwise. This property is not available.
Versions 19 and later Badge New in version 19 Badge Badge	Integer	Number displayed by the icon of the application. This property is not available. Versions 24 and later On Android, this property is supported from version 8.0. New in version 24 On Android, this property is supported from version 8.0. On Android, this property is supported from version 8.0.
Versions 24 and later Category New in version 24 Category Category	notificationCatergory	Category associated with the notification. Notification categories are available from Android 8.0 (API level 26). If the application runs on an older version, the ..Category property will be ignored. It is recommended to always associate a category with a notification If the category does not exist when the notification is added, it will be automatically created, If the category already exists for the application, the notification will be associated with it. If no category has been specified, the notification will be automatically associated to a preset category according to its level of priority. These are the preset categories : Min. priority Low priority Standard priority High priority Max. priority The preset category will be created when adding a notification without category for the first time with the corresponding level of priority, and it will use the visual and audio parameters of this notification (vibration, sound, led indicator, etc.). These parameters can later be modified by the end user. If the predefined category already exists, the notification will inherit its properties. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later Chronometer New in version 20 Chronometer Chronometer	Boolean	True to display a stopwatch instead of the notification time. The stopwatch will be automatically started when receiving the notification and its display will be automatically refreshed. False (default value) to avoid displaying a stopwatch. The time associated with the notification will be displayed. Caution: Displaying a stopwatch in the notifications is available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). On the devices running an earlier version, the stopwatch will be ignored and the time associated with the notification will be displayed. This property is not available.
Versions 19 and later Content New in version 19 Content Content	Character string	Custom data of notification. This data is not displayed in the notification.
ColorLED	Integer	Color of LED when displaying the notification. The value of this property is taken into account only if DisplayLED is set to True. The display color of the LED is green by default. This color can correspond to: an RGB color (returned by RGB), an HSL component of the color (returned by HSL), a preset color of WLanguage. Caution: Some devices do not allow you to modify the LED color or they do not propose all the colors. A default color will be used if the specified color is not supported by the device. Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. This property is not available.
Versions 19 and later ActivationDateTime New in version 19 ActivationDateTime ActivationDateTime	DateTime or character string	Date and time when the notification must be sent. The notification is sent immediately be default. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later Format New in version 20 Format Format	notificationFormat	Display format of the notification when this one is expanded. Caution: Displaying the notifications in "expanded" mode is available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). The display format will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later LargeIcon New in version 20 LargeIcon LargeIcon	Character string	Path of image corresponding to the large icon associated with the notification. This icon will be displayed on the left of notification title and message. If no image is specified, the icon specified by ..Icon will be used. If this one is not specified, the icon of the application will be used. Caution: Displaying this image in the notifications is available from Android 3.0 (Honeycomb, api level 11). This image will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version. This property is not available.
Icon	Character string	Path of the image corresponding to the icon associated with the notification. The icon of the application will be used if no icon is specified. Versions 19 and later Remarks: The file used must be found in bundle de of the application. The specified path must be a relative path. The image will be displayed only if the application is not in the foreground (which means if the application is not enabled). New in version 19 Remarks: The file used must be found in bundle de of the application. The specified path must be a relative path. The image will be displayed only if the application is not in the foreground (which means if the application is not enabled). Remarks: The file used must be found in bundle de of the application. The specified path must be a relative path. The image will be displayed only if the application is not in the foreground (which means if the application is not enabled).
Versions 19 and later ActionLabel New in version 19 ActionLabel ActionLabel	Character string	Caption for the action button of the notification. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later Local New in version 20 Local Local	Boolean	True if the notification is local to the device that receives it: this notification must not be transmitted to the objects operating in Android Wear connected to the device (a watch for example). False (default value) if the notification must be automatically transmitted to the connected objects. This property is not available.
Versions 19 and later ProgressBarMax New in version 19 ProgressBarMax ProgressBarMax	Integer	Maximum value of the progress bar displayed in the notification. The value will be taken into account only if ..ProgressBarType corresponds to the notifStandardProgressBar constant. This feature is available from Android 3.0. This property is not available.
Message	Character string	Message of the notification.
Versions 20 and later SecondaryMessage New in version 20 SecondaryMessage SecondaryMessage	Character string	Secondary message displayed below the main message of the notification. Caution: Displaying a secondary message in the notifications is available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). The secondary message will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later Priority New in version 20 Priority Priority	Integer constant	Priority of notification. Changing the priority of a notification is used to modify its display position in the list of notifications on the device in order for the user to see the most important notifications first. A notification with a high priority will be displayed at the top of the list while a notification with a low priority will be displayed at the end of the list. In some situations, a notification with a low priority can be hidden to the user if other notifications with higher priorities are received. This property can take the following values: notifMaxPriority : maximum priority (example: incoming call). notifHighPriority : high priority (example : receiving an urgent email). notifDefaultPriority (default value): standard priority (example: receiving an SMS). notifLowPriority : low priority (example: notification for update). notifMinPriority: minimum priority (example: commercial information). Modifying the priorities of notifications is available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). The priority will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version: all the notifications have the same priority. Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. This property is not available.
Sound	Character string	Path of the sound file to play when displaying the notification. To play the default sound of notifications, use the notifDefaultSound constant. This default sound can change from a device to another one. You have the ability to play a sound issued from an audio file included in the application (via the generation wizard): to do so, specify the name of the file and its extension. To associate no sound with the notification, use an empty string ("", default value). Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Versions 19 and later Remarks: The file used must be found in bundle de of the application. The specified path must be a relative path. The file used must be in "aac" format and its duration must not exceed 30 seconds. The sound will be played only if the application is not in the foreground (which means if the application is not enabled). New in version 19 Remarks: The file used must be found in bundle de of the application. The specified path must be a relative path. The file used must be in "aac" format and its duration must not exceed 30 seconds. The sound will be played only if the application is not in the foreground (which means if the application is not enabled). Remarks: The file used must be found in bundle de of the application. The specified path must be a relative path. The file used must be in "aac" format and its duration must not exceed 30 seconds. The sound will be played only if the application is not in the foreground (which means if the application is not enabled).
Versions 18 and later Deletable New in version 18 Deletable Deletable	Boolean	True (default value) if the notification can be deleted by the user, False otherwise. If this property is set to False, the notification will be erased in the following cases: Closing the application. Call to NotifDelete. If the WLanguage procedure run during the click (..ActionClick) returned True or returned no value. This property is not available.
DropDownText	Character string	Drop-down text briefly displayed in the system bar when displaying the notification. No message will be displayed if this property corresponds to an empty string ("", default value). This property is not available.
Title	Character string	Title of the notification. The name of the application will be used if no title is specified. This property is not available.
Versions 19 and later ProgressBarType New in version 19 ProgressBarType ProgressBarType	Integer constant	Type of progress bar displayed in the notification: notifInfiniteProgressBar: an infinite progress bar will be displayed in the notification. notifNoProgressBar (default value): no progress bar will be displayed in the notification. notifStandardProgressBar: a standard progress bar will be displayed in the notification. The value and the bound of this progress bar can be defined by ..ProgressBarMax and ..ProgressBarValue respectively. This feature is available from Android 3.0. This property is not available.
Versions 19 and later ProgressBarValue New in version 19 ProgressBarValue ProgressBarValue	Integer	Current value of the progress bar displayed in the notification. The value will be taken into account only if ..ProgressBarType corresponds to the notifStandardProgressBar constant. This feature is available from Android 3.0. This property is not available.
Vibration	Boolean	True if the device must vibrate when displaying the notification, False (default value) otherwise. Remark: The duration and the power of vibrations can change from a device to another one. Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. This property is not available.

Remark: These properties can be used with one of the following syntaxes:

<Variable name>..<Property name>
<Variable name>.<Property name>

Versions 19 and later

Properties specific to the description of Notification variables for a push notification

The following properties can be used to handle a notification:

Property name	Type used	Effect

Versions 18 and later ActivateApplication New in version 18 ActivateApplication ActivateApplication	Boolean	True if the application must be displayed in the foreground during the click on the notification. False (default value) otherwise. This property is not available.
DisplayLED	Boolean	True if the LED of the device must be switched on when the notification is displayed, False (default value) otherwise. The color of the LED and the frequency of lighting can change from a device to another one. Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. This property is not available.
Versions 19 and later Badge New in version 19 Badge Badge	Integer	Number displayed by the icon of the application. On Android, this property is supported from version 8.0.
Versions 24 and later Category New in version 24 Category Category	notificationCatergory	Category associated with the notification. Notification categories are available from Android 8.0 (API level 26). If the application runs on an older version, the ..Category property will be ignored. It is recommended to always associate a category with a notification If the category does not exist when the notification is added, it will be automatically created, If the category already exists for the application, the notification will be associated with it. If no category has been specified, the notification will be automatically associated to a preset category according to its level of priority. These are the preset categories : Min. priority Low priority Standard priority High priority Max. priority The preset category will be created when adding a notification without category for the first time with the corresponding level of priority, and it will use the visual and audio parameters of this notification (vibration, sound, led indicator, etc.). These parameters can later be modified by the end user. If the predefined category already exists, the notification will inherit its properties. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later Chronometer New in version 20 Chronometer Chronometer	Boolean	True to display a stopwatch instead of the notification time. The stopwatch will be automatically started when receiving the notification and its display will be automatically refreshed. False (default value) to avoid displaying a stopwatch. The time associated with the notification will be displayed. Caution: Displaying a stopwatch in the notifications is available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). On the devices running an earlier version, the stopwatch will be ignored and the time associated with the notification will be displayed. This property is not available.
Versions 19 and later Content New in version 19 Content Content	Character string	Custom data of notification. This data is not displayed in the notification.
ColorLED	Integer	Color of LED when displaying the notification. The value of this property is taken into account only if DisplayLED is set to True. The display color of the LED is green by default. This color can correspond to: an RGB color (returned by RGB), an HSL component of the color (returned by HSL), a preset color of WLanguage. Caution: Some devices do not allow you to modify the LED color or they do not propose all the colors. A default color will be used if the specified color is not supported by the device. Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later Format New in version 20 Format Format	notificationFormat	Display format of the notification when this one is expanded. Caution: Displaying the notifications in "expanded" mode is available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). The display format will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later LargeIcon New in version 20 LargeIcon LargeIcon	Character string	Path of image corresponding to the large icon associated with the notification. This icon will be displayed on the left of notification title and message. If no image is specified, the icon specified by ..Icon will be used. If this one is not specified, the icon of the application will be used. Caution: Displaying this image in the notifications is available for the devices running Android 3.0 (Honeycomb, api level 11) or later. This image will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version. This property is not available.
Versions 19 and later Group New in version 19 Group Group	Character string	Name of the group to which the push notification is associated. If several push notifications belonging to the same group are sent with an identical content while the destination device cannot be reached, only the last notification of the group will be sent when the device can be contacted again by the Google Cloud Messaging server. This property is not available.
Icon	Character string	Path of the image corresponding to the icon associated with the notification. The icon of the application will be used if no icon is specified.
Versions 19 and later ActionLabel New in version 19 ActionLabel ActionLabel	Character string	Caption for the action button of the notification. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later Local New in version 20 Local Local	Boolean	True if the notification is local to the device that receives it: this notification must not be transmitted to the objects operating in Android Wear connected to the device (a watch for example). False (default value) if the notification must be automatically transmitted to the connected objects. This property is not available.
Message	Character string	Message of the notification.
Versions 20 and later SecondaryMessage New in version 20 SecondaryMessage SecondaryMessage	Character string	Secondary message displayed below the main message of the notification. Caution: Displaying a secondary message in the notifications is available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). The secondary message will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later Priority New in version 20 Priority Priority	Integer constant	Priority of notification. Changing the priority of a notification is used to modify its display position in the list of notifications on the device in order for the user to see the most important notifications first. A notification with a high priority will be displayed at the top of the list while a notification with a low priority will be displayed at the end of the list. In some situations, a notification with a low priority can be hidden to the user if other notifications with higher priorities are received. This property can take the following values : notifMaxPriority : maximum priority (example: incoming call). notifHighPriority : high priority (example : receiving an urgent email). notifDefaultPriority (default value): standard priority (example : receiving an SMS). notifLowPriority : low priority (example : notification for update). notifMinPriority: minimum priority (example : commercial information). Modifying the priorities of notifications is available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). The priority will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version: all the notifications have the same priority. Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. This property is not available.
Sound	Character string	Path of the sound file to play when displaying the notification. To play the default sound of notifications, use the notifDefaultSound constant. This default sound can change from a device to another one. You have the ability to play a sound issued from an audio file included in the application (via the generation wizard): to do so, specify the name of the file and its extension. To associate no sound with the notification, use an empty string ("", default value). Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one.
Versions 18 and later Deletable New in version 18 Deletable Deletable	Boolean	True (default value) if the notification can be deleted by the user, False otherwise. If this property is set to False, the notification will be erased in the following cases: Closing the application. Call to NotifDelete. If the WLanguage procedure run during the click (..ActionClick) returned True or returned no value. This property is not available.
DropDownText	Character string	Drop-down text briefly displayed in the system bar when displaying the notification. No message will be displayed if this property corresponds to an empty string ("", default value). This property is not available.
Title	Character string	Title of the notification. The name of the application will be used if no title is specified. This property is not available.
Vibration	Boolean	True if the device must vibrate when displaying the notification, False (default value) otherwise. Remark: The duration and the power of vibrations can change from a device to another one. Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. This property is not available.

Remark: These properties can be used with one of the following syntaxes:

<Variable name>..<Property name>
<Variable name>.<Property name>

New in version 19

Properties specific to the description of Notification variables for a push notification

The following properties can be used to handle a notification:

Property name	Type used	Effect

Versions 18 and later ActivateApplication New in version 18 ActivateApplication ActivateApplication	Boolean	True if the application must be displayed in the foreground during the click on the notification. False (default value) otherwise. This property is not available.
DisplayLED	Boolean	True if the LED of the device must be switched on when the notification is displayed, False (default value) otherwise. The color of the LED and the frequency of lighting can change from a device to another one. Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. This property is not available.
Versions 19 and later Badge New in version 19 Badge Badge	Integer	Number displayed by the icon of the application. On Android, this property is supported from version 8.0.
Versions 24 and later Category New in version 24 Category Category	notificationCatergory	Category associated with the notification. Notification categories are available from Android 8.0 (API level 26). If the application runs on an older version, the ..Category property will be ignored. It is recommended to always associate a category with a notification If the category does not exist when the notification is added, it will be automatically created, If the category already exists for the application, the notification will be associated with it. If no category has been specified, the notification will be automatically associated to a preset category according to its level of priority. These are the preset categories : Min. priority Low priority Standard priority High priority Max. priority The preset category will be created when adding a notification without category for the first time with the corresponding level of priority, and it will use the visual and audio parameters of this notification (vibration, sound, led indicator, etc.). These parameters can later be modified by the end user. If the predefined category already exists, the notification will inherit its properties. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later Chronometer New in version 20 Chronometer Chronometer	Boolean	True to display a stopwatch instead of the notification time. The stopwatch will be automatically started when receiving the notification and its display will be automatically refreshed. False (default value) to avoid displaying a stopwatch. The time associated with the notification will be displayed. Caution: Displaying a stopwatch in the notifications is available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). On the devices running an earlier version, the stopwatch will be ignored and the time associated with the notification will be displayed. This property is not available.
Versions 19 and later Content New in version 19 Content Content	Character string	Custom data of notification. This data is not displayed in the notification.
ColorLED	Integer	Color of LED when displaying the notification. The value of this property is taken into account only if DisplayLED is set to True. The display color of the LED is green by default. This color can correspond to: an RGB color (returned by RGB), an HSL component of the color (returned by HSL), a preset color of WLanguage. Caution: Some devices do not allow you to modify the LED color or they do not propose all the colors. A default color will be used if the specified color is not supported by the device. Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later Format New in version 20 Format Format	notificationFormat	Display format of the notification when this one is expanded. Caution: Displaying the notifications in "expanded" mode is available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). The display format will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later LargeIcon New in version 20 LargeIcon LargeIcon	Character string	Path of image corresponding to the large icon associated with the notification. This icon will be displayed on the left of notification title and message. If no image is specified, the icon specified by ..Icon will be used. If this one is not specified, the icon of the application will be used. Caution: Displaying this image in the notifications is available for the devices running Android 3.0 (Honeycomb, api level 11) or later. This image will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version. This property is not available.
Versions 19 and later Group New in version 19 Group Group	Character string	Name of the group to which the push notification is associated. If several push notifications belonging to the same group are sent with an identical content while the destination device cannot be reached, only the last notification of the group will be sent when the device can be contacted again by the Google Cloud Messaging server. This property is not available.
Icon	Character string	Path of the image corresponding to the icon associated with the notification. The icon of the application will be used if no icon is specified.
Versions 19 and later ActionLabel New in version 19 ActionLabel ActionLabel	Character string	Caption for the action button of the notification. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later Local New in version 20 Local Local	Boolean	True if the notification is local to the device that receives it: this notification must not be transmitted to the objects operating in Android Wear connected to the device (a watch for example). False (default value) if the notification must be automatically transmitted to the connected objects. This property is not available.
Message	Character string	Message of the notification.
Versions 20 and later SecondaryMessage New in version 20 SecondaryMessage SecondaryMessage	Character string	Secondary message displayed below the main message of the notification. Caution: Displaying a secondary message in the notifications is available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). The secondary message will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later Priority New in version 20 Priority Priority	Integer constant	Priority of notification. Changing the priority of a notification is used to modify its display position in the list of notifications on the device in order for the user to see the most important notifications first. A notification with a high priority will be displayed at the top of the list while a notification with a low priority will be displayed at the end of the list. In some situations, a notification with a low priority can be hidden to the user if other notifications with higher priorities are received. This property can take the following values : notifMaxPriority : maximum priority (example: incoming call). notifHighPriority : high priority (example : receiving an urgent email). notifDefaultPriority (default value): standard priority (example : receiving an SMS). notifLowPriority : low priority (example : notification for update). notifMinPriority: minimum priority (example : commercial information). Modifying the priorities of notifications is available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). The priority will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version: all the notifications have the same priority. Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. This property is not available.
Sound	Character string	Path of the sound file to play when displaying the notification. To play the default sound of notifications, use the notifDefaultSound constant. This default sound can change from a device to another one. You have the ability to play a sound issued from an audio file included in the application (via the generation wizard): to do so, specify the name of the file and its extension. To associate no sound with the notification, use an empty string ("", default value). Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one.
Versions 18 and later Deletable New in version 18 Deletable Deletable	Boolean	True (default value) if the notification can be deleted by the user, False otherwise. If this property is set to False, the notification will be erased in the following cases: Closing the application. Call to NotifDelete. If the WLanguage procedure run during the click (..ActionClick) returned True or returned no value. This property is not available.
DropDownText	Character string	Drop-down text briefly displayed in the system bar when displaying the notification. No message will be displayed if this property corresponds to an empty string ("", default value). This property is not available.
Title	Character string	Title of the notification. The name of the application will be used if no title is specified. This property is not available.
Vibration	Boolean	True if the device must vibrate when displaying the notification, False (default value) otherwise. Remark: The duration and the power of vibrations can change from a device to another one. Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. This property is not available.

Remark: These properties can be used with one of the following syntaxes:

<Variable name>..<Property name>
<Variable name>.<Property name>

Properties specific to the description of Notification variables for a push notification

The following properties can be used to handle a notification:

Property name	Type used	Effect

Versions 18 and later ActivateApplication New in version 18 ActivateApplication ActivateApplication	Boolean	True if the application must be displayed in the foreground during the click on the notification. False (default value) otherwise. This property is not available.
DisplayLED	Boolean	True if the LED of the device must be switched on when the notification is displayed, False (default value) otherwise. The color of the LED and the frequency of lighting can change from a device to another one. Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. This property is not available.
Versions 19 and later Badge New in version 19 Badge Badge	Integer	Number displayed by the icon of the application. On Android, this property is supported from version 8.0.
Versions 24 and later Category New in version 24 Category Category	notificationCatergory	Category associated with the notification. Notification categories are available from Android 8.0 (API level 26). If the application runs on an older version, the ..Category property will be ignored. It is recommended to always associate a category with a notification If the category does not exist when the notification is added, it will be automatically created, If the category already exists for the application, the notification will be associated with it. If no category has been specified, the notification will be automatically associated to a preset category according to its level of priority. These are the preset categories : Min. priority Low priority Standard priority High priority Max. priority The preset category will be created when adding a notification without category for the first time with the corresponding level of priority, and it will use the visual and audio parameters of this notification (vibration, sound, led indicator, etc.). These parameters can later be modified by the end user. If the predefined category already exists, the notification will inherit its properties. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later Chronometer New in version 20 Chronometer Chronometer	Boolean	True to display a stopwatch instead of the notification time. The stopwatch will be automatically started when receiving the notification and its display will be automatically refreshed. False (default value) to avoid displaying a stopwatch. The time associated with the notification will be displayed. Caution: Displaying a stopwatch in the notifications is available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). On the devices running an earlier version, the stopwatch will be ignored and the time associated with the notification will be displayed. This property is not available.
Versions 19 and later Content New in version 19 Content Content	Character string	Custom data of notification. This data is not displayed in the notification.
ColorLED	Integer	Color of LED when displaying the notification. The value of this property is taken into account only if DisplayLED is set to True. The display color of the LED is green by default. This color can correspond to: an RGB color (returned by RGB), an HSL component of the color (returned by HSL), a preset color of WLanguage. Caution: Some devices do not allow you to modify the LED color or they do not propose all the colors. A default color will be used if the specified color is not supported by the device. Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later Format New in version 20 Format Format	notificationFormat	Display format of the notification when this one is expanded. Caution: Displaying the notifications in "expanded" mode is available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). The display format will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later LargeIcon New in version 20 LargeIcon LargeIcon	Character string	Path of image corresponding to the large icon associated with the notification. This icon will be displayed on the left of notification title and message. If no image is specified, the icon specified by ..Icon will be used. If this one is not specified, the icon of the application will be used. Caution: Displaying this image in the notifications is available for the devices running Android 3.0 (Honeycomb, api level 11) or later. This image will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version. This property is not available.
Versions 19 and later Group New in version 19 Group Group	Character string	Name of the group to which the push notification is associated. If several push notifications belonging to the same group are sent with an identical content while the destination device cannot be reached, only the last notification of the group will be sent when the device can be contacted again by the Google Cloud Messaging server. This property is not available.
Icon	Character string	Path of the image corresponding to the icon associated with the notification. The icon of the application will be used if no icon is specified.
Versions 19 and later ActionLabel New in version 19 ActionLabel ActionLabel	Character string	Caption for the action button of the notification. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later Local New in version 20 Local Local	Boolean	True if the notification is local to the device that receives it: this notification must not be transmitted to the objects operating in Android Wear connected to the device (a watch for example). False (default value) if the notification must be automatically transmitted to the connected objects. This property is not available.
Message	Character string	Message of the notification.
Versions 20 and later SecondaryMessage New in version 20 SecondaryMessage SecondaryMessage	Character string	Secondary message displayed below the main message of the notification. Caution: Displaying a secondary message in the notifications is available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). The secondary message will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version. This property is not available.
Versions 20 and later Priority New in version 20 Priority Priority	Integer constant	Priority of notification. Changing the priority of a notification is used to modify its display position in the list of notifications on the device in order for the user to see the most important notifications first. A notification with a high priority will be displayed at the top of the list while a notification with a low priority will be displayed at the end of the list. In some situations, a notification with a low priority can be hidden to the user if other notifications with higher priorities are received. This property can take the following values : notifMaxPriority : maximum priority (example: incoming call). notifHighPriority : high priority (example : receiving an urgent email). notifDefaultPriority (default value): standard priority (example : receiving an SMS). notifLowPriority : low priority (example : notification for update). notifMinPriority: minimum priority (example : commercial information). Modifying the priorities of notifications is available from Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean, api level 16). The priority will be ignored on the devices running an earlier version: all the notifications have the same priority. Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. This property is not available.
Sound	Character string	Path of the sound file to play when displaying the notification. To play the default sound of notifications, use the notifDefaultSound constant. This default sound can change from a device to another one. You have the ability to play a sound issued from an audio file included in the application (via the generation wizard): to do so, specify the name of the file and its extension. To associate no sound with the notification, use an empty string ("", default value). Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one.
Versions 18 and later Deletable New in version 18 Deletable Deletable	Boolean	True (default value) if the notification can be deleted by the user, False otherwise. If this property is set to False, the notification will be erased in the following cases: Closing the application. Call to NotifDelete. If the WLanguage procedure run during the click (..ActionClick) returned True or returned no value. This property is not available.
DropDownText	Character string	Drop-down text briefly displayed in the system bar when displaying the notification. No message will be displayed if this property corresponds to an empty string ("", default value). This property is not available.
Title	Character string	Title of the notification. The name of the application will be used if no title is specified. This property is not available.
Vibration	Boolean	True if the device must vibrate when displaying the notification, False (default value) otherwise. Remark: The duration and the power of vibrations can change from a device to another one. Versions 24 and later Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. New in version 24 Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. Management of notification categories (from Android 8.0): If a category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), this property is ignored. The notification will use the corresponding property of the category it is associated with. If no category was specified when the notification was added (..Category), the notification will be associated to the preset category corresponding to the value of ..Priority. If the preset category exists, this property is ignored: the notification will use the corresponding property of the preset category it is associated with. If the preset category does not exist yet, this property is used to define the properties to create one. This property is not available.

Remark: These properties can be used with one of the following syntaxes:

<Variable name>..<Property name>
<Variable name>.<Property name>

Functions that use the Notification type

The following functions handle the Notification variables for a local notification:


Versions 16 and later NotifAdd New in version 16 NotifAdd NotifAdd	Adds a notification into the system bar of device (Android) or into the notification center (iOS).
Versions 16 and later NotifDelete New in version 16 NotifDelete NotifDelete	Deletes a notification displayed in the system bar of the device.
Versions 16 and later NotifModify New in version 16 NotifModify NotifModify	Modifies a notification currently displayed in the system bar of the device.
Versions 19 and later NotifPushSend New in version 19 NotifPushSend NotifPushSend	Sends a push notification to a mobile device (iOS or Android).
Versions 18 and later ThreadPersistent New in version 18 ThreadPersistent ThreadPersistent	Makes a thread persistent.

Reinitialization

You can use VariableReset to reinitialize the content of a Notification variable.

Related Examples:

Cross-platform examples (WINDEV Mobile): Android Push

[ + ] This example explains how to receive Push notifications on Android.

It calls the PushNotifActive function and returns the identifier to the WINDEV "WD Push Server" example that stores it.

Then, this identifier is read by the WINDEV "WD Send Push" example that sends the Push notifications to this Android example.

Cross-platform examples (WINDEV Mobile): iOS Push

[ + ] This example explains how to receive Push notifications on iOS.

It calls the PushNotifActive function and returns the identifier to the WINDEV "WD Push Server" example that stores it.

Then, this identifier is read by the WINDEV "WD Sending Push" example that sends the Push notifications to this iOS example.

Cross-platform examples (WINDEV Mobile): WD Send Push

[ + ] This example is used to send push notifications on Android and iOS devices.

It retrieves the identifiers of the mobile devices in the HFSQL database of the "WD Push Server" example then it sends the notifications via NotifPushSend.

Android (WINDEV Mobile): Android System

[ + ] This application is a tutorial example presenting some of the new features of WINDEV Mobile for Android.
The following system functions are used:
- NFC
- Multimedia control
- Brightness
- Volume
- WIFI
- Bluetooth
- Toast
- Progress Bar control
- 9-image mode
- Compass
- Accelerometer
- Camera control
- LED
- Vibrations
- Notifications
- Drawing functions
- Internet

iPhone/iPad (WINDEV Mobile): iOS System

[ + ] This application is an example presenting the use of various features.
The features are as follows:
- Playing videos
- Trace in the logs
- Slider
- Popup control
- Hourglass
...