How to set Importance of a notification ?

[Syed Asim Ali]

hi , is there any way i can change the notification importance ? i want to disable the sound of the notification . thanks

[Karn Saheb]

Hey @SyedAsimAliSE,

Notification importance is modified using the Alerting scope. You can set the notification importance using the following block while constructing your notification:

// Define a new (notification) channel key for this alerting type.
// In the future you can use this key to send notifications using the same alerting settings. 
val channelKey = "low_priority_notifications"

Notify.with(this.context)
    // ...
    .alerting(channelKey) {
        // Set (notification) channel importance to one of the IMPORTANCE constants.
        channelImportance = Notify.IMPORTANCE_LOW
    }
    // ...

Let me know if you run into issues.

[Karn Saheb]

Marking this as resolved.

[Syed Asim Ali]

Hi, Karn thank you so much for the response, but i missed to respond you back in time because of the Github notification . i only get the email when you closed this.

i tried it with two API versions , 23 and 26. in api 26 it is working as expected [showing the notification after other notifications] but in api 23 it had no effect, notification is always at top and sound is not turned off . is there anything else i can do ?

snippet :

val channelKey = "low_priority_notifications"
                   Notify
                        .with(this@DetailsActivity)
                        .alerting(channelKey){
                            channelImportance = Notify.IMPORTANCE_LOW
                        }
                        .asBigPicture {
                            title = "LOREM"
                            text = "LOREM"
                            image = bitmap
                        }
                        .show()

thanks

[Karn Saheb]

That's strange, I've created a branch experimental/notification-priority which I think may address the issue you're seeing. Unfortunately, I don't have an API 23 device at my disposal and cannot validate the changes.

If possible can you try with this branch? You can use implementation io.karn:notify:aded694ad9 in your module's build.gradle.

[Syed Asim Ali]

it's also weird that Github isn't sending me any notifications for this issue :D , i will update you after giving it a try first in the morning .

[Karn Saheb]

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[Syed Asim Ali]

Hey Karn !, it worked as expected on both the API's, no sound when setting it to LOW and sound when NORMAL :) . thank you

[Karn Saheb]

Perfect, I've merged the changes. You should be now able to use implementation io.karn:notify:1230a29734 from the develop branch.