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本記事は、Modern Android Notifications (Android Dev Summit ‘18)の記事です。

• Respect user’s settings

• Send well-structured notification

• Send relevant and timely notification

• Make use of Auto-cancelling

• Make use of Timeouts

• No notifications that are not actionable

Notification Channels

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• Used to empower users

• Help user categorize the notification

• Help user customize the setting

Tips

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• Don’t use only one channel

• Don’t use wrong/blocked channel

What’s new in Notifications

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• API 28: New person class

// create new Person
val sender = Person.Builder().setName(name)
  .setUri(uri)
  .setIcon(icon)
  .build()

// create message with image
val message = Notification.MessagingStyle.Message("Picture", time, sender)
  .setData("image/", imageUri)

val style = Notification.MessagingStyle(sender)
  .addMessage("Check this out!", time, sender)
  .addMessage(message)
  .build()
...

val builder = Notification.Builder(this, CHANNEL_ID)
  .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.notification_icon)
  .setStyle(style) 

Tips

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• Do not auto-cancel messaging notification after sending

  • Let user swipe the notification when they finish their conversation

Digital Wellbeing

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• Overview of app usage

• Dashboard for notification received, time spending on apps

• To manage notifications, reduce interruptions

How are notifications counted?

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=> If notifications were sent to blocked channel they are not counted, otherwise counted.

Reduce interruptions

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• Empower user

Work with Do not Disturb

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• Set category

• Tag people

  • Add person

  • Set the URI associated with the person

Summary

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Don’t annoy the user. Respect them. Empower them. Delight them.

Connect them to the people they care about.