Customizing a download notification
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02-01-2020 - |
Question
Based on another SO answer, I am using the following lines of code to download media files:
DownloadManager.Request r = new DownloadManager.Request(Uri.parse(uri));
// This put the download in the same Download dir the browser uses
r.setDestinationInExternalPublicDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_PODCASTS, fileName);
// When downloading music and videos they will be listed in the player
// (Seems to be available since Honeycomb only)
r.allowScanningByMediaScanner();
// Notify user when download is completed
// (Seems to be available since Honeycomb only)
r.setNotificationVisibility(DownloadManager.Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE_NOTIFY_COMPLETED);
// Start download
DownloadManager dm = (DownloadManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.DOWNLOAD_SERVICE);
dm.enqueue(r);
Now, that is all good except that I have a few questions:
- The person who answered said that the notifications can be customized. How can that be done?
- If I want to add a "cancel" button to cancel the download and delete the file, how do I do it? What do I need to implement to get this behavior? :)
Solution
// Changing the Notification Title, Description, and its Visibility
DownloadManager mgr = (DownloadManager) getSystemService(Context.DOWNLOAD_SERVICE);
Uri uri = Uri.parse("///.mp3");
DownloadManager.Request req = DownloadManager.Request(uri);
req.setTitle("Download");
req.setDescription("Kick Ass Description");
req.setVisibility(Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE_COMPLETION_ONLY);
Pretty self-explanatory.
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