Question

I want to read/access/log the notifications fired on notification bar by other applications.

I searched Intents and PendingIntents a lot, but couldn’t get a solution.

Does my application need to be notified when any notification is fired?

Or Does android system provide something to read notifications by the user-level applications?

Answer 1

Finally got the answer.!!! Using AccessibilityService

public class NotificationService extends AccessibilityService {

@Override
public void onAccessibilityEvent(AccessibilityEvent event) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub.
//Code when the event is caught 
   }
@Override
public void onInterrupt() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub.

}

@Override
protected void onServiceConnected() {
    AccessibilityServiceInfo info = new AccessibilityServiceInfo();
      info.feedbackType = 1;
          info.eventTypes = AccessibilityEvent.TYPE_NOTIFICATION_STATE_CHANGED;
      info.notificationTimeout = 100; 
      setServiceInfo(info);
     }
}

And my Manifest is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="org.test.notify"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
<application
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name" >
     <service android:name=".NotificationService" android:enabled="true">
            <intent-filter >
           <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
           <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
           <action android:name="android.accessibilityservice.AccessibilityService"/>
        </intent-filter>
     </service>
   </application>
 </manifest>

Enjoy Coding.!!! 🙂