Question

I am working on an android app, and I am currently trying to create a notification, and once the user clicks on the notification, an activity should be launched. The notification is being created fine but the activity is not being started.

Below is the code for the notification.

private void showNotification(String username, String password)
{
    String ns = Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE;
    NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager)context.getSystemService(ns);

    CharSequence tickerText = "Username Copied";
    long when = System.currentTimeMillis();

    int icon = R.drawable.icon;

    Notification notification = new Notification(icon, tickerText, when);
    CharSequence contentTitle = "BPM - Login Management";
    CharSequence contentText = "Username Copied";

    Intent intentNotification = new Intent(context, CopyPassword.class);
    intentNotification.setAction(Long.toString(when));
    notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
    intentNotification.putExtra("password", password);

    PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, intentNotification, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
    notification.setLatestEventInfo(context, contentTitle, contentText, contentIntent);

    final int NOTIFICATION_ID = 1;
    notificationManager.notify(NOTIFICATION_ID, notification);
}

The notificiation is being generated from within a normal java class not an android activity in case this makes any difference.

Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

Remove the setAction this isn’t needed.

Try:

Intent intentNotification = new Intent(context, CopyPassword.class);
intentNotification.putExtra("password", password);

PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, intentNotification, 0);

notification.setLatestEventInfo(context, contentTitle, contentText, contentIntent);

Also ensure the CopyPassword Activity is declared in your AndroidManifest

I wrote a blog post about it: http://blog.blundell-apps.com/notification-for-a-user-chosen-time/ 😀