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Asked: 2026-05-28T14:07:21+00:00

I successfully created a custom rich notification for Android >= 3.0 that shows some

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I successfully created a custom rich notification for Android >= 3.0 that shows some text and an additional button. If you click the notification anywhere but on the button in the notification drop-down, the notification is dismissed, the drop-down closed and the specified Intent is launched as expected.
If the dedicated button in the notification is clicked, a different Intent is successfully launched, but the drop-down keeps open (and the notification is still there, but I cancel it later, that is not the problem). The Intent launches an Activity which appears behind the notifications drop-down.

What I like to achieve is to keep all the current behavior as described, but also close the notification drop-down from the Intent the button launches – is this possible? Alternatively it would be enough if the Activity from the button Intent gains the window focus.

Here the code for the custom notification, if that helps:

            Notification.Builder builder = new Notification.Builder(main)
                .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.notification)
                .setAutoCancel(true)
                .setTicker(text)
                .setContentIntent(...);

            RemoteViews layout = new RemoteViews(
                    main.getPackageName(), R.layout.notification);
            layout.setTextViewText(R.id.title, title);
            layout.setTextViewText(R.id.text, text);
            Intent i = new Intent(
                    "snooze", null, main, Snooze.class
            );
            i.putExtra(KEY_WIDGET_ID, widgetId);
            layout.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.notification_zzz, PendingIntent.getActivity( main, 0, i, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT ));
            builder.setContent(layout);

            ...
            NotificationManager nm = 
                (NotificationManager)main.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
            nm.notify(0, builder.getNotification());
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  1. Editorial Team

    Asked the question in the Android developer office hours:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvLBvdml_Fs (question starting 49:10)

    The answer was, that it is not possible and I should not even do this, which I question.
    That is why I have created a feature request:
    http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=24762

    EDIT 08-10-12:
    Starting with Android 4.1 this is possible as notifications can now include additional actions. See the following page for more information:
    https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.1.html#UI

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