Notification

CATEGORY_ALARM

String CATEGORY_ALARM

Notification category: alarm or timer.

Constant Value: "alarm"

CATEGORY_CALL

String CATEGORY_CALL

Notification category: incoming call (voice or video) or similar synchronous communication request.

Constant Value: "call"

CATEGORY_EMAIL

String CATEGORY_EMAIL

Notification category: asynchronous bulk message (email).

Constant Value: "email"

CATEGORY_ERROR

String CATEGORY_ERROR

Notification category: error in background operation or authentication status.

Constant Value: "err"

CATEGORY_EVENT

String CATEGORY_EVENT

Notification category: calendar event.

Constant Value: "event"

CATEGORY_MESSAGE

String CATEGORY_MESSAGE

Notification category: incoming direct message (SMS, instant message, etc.).

Constant Value: "msg"

CATEGORY_PROGRESS

String CATEGORY_PROGRESS

Notification category: progress of a long-running background operation.

Constant Value: "progress"

CATEGORY_PROMO

String CATEGORY_PROMO

Notification category: promotion or advertisement.

Constant Value: "promo"

CATEGORY_RECOMMENDATION

String CATEGORY_RECOMMENDATION

Notification category: a specific, timely recommendation for a single thing. For example, a news app might want to recommend a news story it believes the user will want to read next.

Constant Value: "recommendation"

CATEGORY_REMINDER

String CATEGORY_REMINDER

Notification category: user-scheduled reminder.

Constant Value: "reminder"

CATEGORY_SERVICE

String CATEGORY_SERVICE

Notification category: indication of running background service.

Constant Value: "service"

CATEGORY_SOCIAL

String CATEGORY_SOCIAL

Notification category: social network or sharing update.

Constant Value: "social"

CATEGORY_STATUS

String CATEGORY_STATUS

Notification category: ongoing information about device or contextual status.

Constant Value: "status"

CATEGORY_SYSTEM

String CATEGORY_SYSTEM

Notification category: system or device status update. Reserved for system use.

Constant Value: "sys"

CATEGORY_TRANSPORT

String CATEGORY_TRANSPORT

Notification category: media transport control for playback.

Constant Value: "transport"

COLOR_DEFAULT

int COLOR_DEFAULT

Special value of color telling the system not to decorate this notification with any special color but instead use default colors when presenting this notification.

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

DEFAULT_ALL

int DEFAULT_ALL

Use all default values (where applicable).

Constant Value: -1 (0xffffffff)

DEFAULT_LIGHTS

int DEFAULT_LIGHTS

Use the default notification lights. This will ignore the FLAG_SHOW_LIGHTS bit, and ledARGB, ledOffMS, or ledOnMS.

Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)

DEFAULT_SOUND

int DEFAULT_SOUND

Use the default notification sound. This will ignore any given sound.

A notification that is noisy is more likely to be presented as a heads-up notification.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

DEFAULT_VIBRATE

int DEFAULT_VIBRATE

Use the default notification vibrate. This will ignore any given vibrate. Using phone vibration requires the VIBRATE permission.

A notification that vibrates is more likely to be presented as a heads-up notification.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

EXTRA_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_URI

String EXTRA_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_URI

extras key: A content URI pointing to an image that can be displayed in the background when the notification is selected. The URI must point to an image stream suitable for passing into BitmapFactory.decodeStream; all other content types will be ignored. The content provider URI used for this purpose must require no permissions to read the image data.

Constant Value: "android.backgroundImageUri"

EXTRA_BIG_TEXT

String EXTRA_BIG_TEXT

extras key: this is the longer text shown in the big form of a Notification.BigTextStyle notification, as supplied to bigText(CharSequence).

Constant Value: "android.bigText"

EXTRA_CHRONOMETER_COUNT_DOWN

String EXTRA_CHRONOMETER_COUNT_DOWN

extras key: whether the chronometer set on the notification should count down instead of counting up. Is only relevant if key EXTRA_SHOW_CHRONOMETER is present. This extra is a boolean. The default is false.

Constant Value: "android.chronometerCountDown"

EXTRA_COMPACT_ACTIONS

String EXTRA_COMPACT_ACTIONS

extras key: the indices of actions to be shown in the compact view, as supplied to (e.g.) setShowActionsInCompactView(int).

Constant Value: "android.compactActions"

EXTRA_CONVERSATION_TITLE

String EXTRA_CONVERSATION_TITLE

extras key: a CharSequence to be displayed as the title to a conversation represented by a Notification.MessagingStyle

Constant Value: "android.conversationTitle"

EXTRA_INFO_TEXT

String EXTRA_INFO_TEXT

extras key: this is a small piece of additional text as supplied to setContentInfo(CharSequence).

Constant Value: "android.infoText"

EXTRA_LARGE_ICON

String EXTRA_LARGE_ICON

extras key: this is a bitmap to be used instead of the small icon when showing the notification payload, as supplied to setLargeIcon(android.graphics.Bitmap).

Constant Value: "android.largeIcon"

EXTRA_LARGE_ICON_BIG

String EXTRA_LARGE_ICON_BIG

extras key: this is a bitmap to be used instead of the one from setLargeIcon(android.graphics.Bitmap) when the notification is shown in its expanded form, as supplied to bigLargeIcon(android.graphics.Bitmap).

Constant Value: "android.largeIcon.big"

EXTRA_MEDIA_SESSION

String EXTRA_MEDIA_SESSION

extras key: A MediaSession.Token associated with a Notification.MediaStyle notification.

Constant Value: "android.mediaSession"

EXTRA_MESSAGES

String EXTRA_MESSAGES

extras key: an array of Notification.MessagingStyle.Message bundles provided by a Notification.MessagingStyle notification. This extra is a parcelable array of bundles.

Constant Value: "android.messages"

EXTRA_PEOPLE

String EXTRA_PEOPLE

extras key: A String array containing the people that this notification relates to, each of which was supplied to addPerson(String).

Constant Value: "android.people"

EXTRA_PICTURE

String EXTRA_PICTURE

extras key: this is a bitmap to be shown in Notification.BigPictureStyle expanded notifications, supplied to bigPicture(android.graphics.Bitmap).

Constant Value: "android.picture"

EXTRA_PROGRESS

String EXTRA_PROGRESS

extras key: this is the progress value supplied to setProgress(int, int, boolean).

Constant Value: "android.progress"

EXTRA_PROGRESS_INDETERMINATE

String EXTRA_PROGRESS_INDETERMINATE

extras key: whether the progress bar is indeterminate, supplied to setProgress(int, int, boolean).

Constant Value: "android.progressIndeterminate"

EXTRA_PROGRESS_MAX

String EXTRA_PROGRESS_MAX

extras key: this is the maximum value supplied to setProgress(int, int, boolean).

Constant Value: "android.progressMax"

EXTRA_REMOTE_INPUT_HISTORY

String EXTRA_REMOTE_INPUT_HISTORY

extras key: this is the remote input history, as supplied to setRemoteInputHistory(CharSequence[]). Apps can fill this through setRemoteInputHistory(CharSequence[]) with the most recent inputs that have been sent through a RemoteInput of this Notification and are expected to clear it once the it is no longer relevant (e.g. for chat notifications once the other party has responded). The extra with this key is of type CharSequence[] and contains the most recent entry at the 0 index, the second most recent at the 1 index, etc.

Constant Value: "android.remoteInputHistory"

EXTRA_SELF_DISPLAY_NAME

String EXTRA_SELF_DISPLAY_NAME

extras key: the username to be displayed for all messages sent by the user including direct replies Notification.MessagingStyle notification. This extra is a CharSequence

Constant Value: "android.selfDisplayName"

EXTRA_SHOW_CHRONOMETER

String EXTRA_SHOW_CHRONOMETER

extras key: whether when should be shown as a count-up timer (specifically a Chronometer) instead of a timestamp, as supplied to setUsesChronometer(boolean).

Constant Value: "android.showChronometer"

EXTRA_SHOW_WHEN

String EXTRA_SHOW_WHEN

extras key: whether when should be shown, as supplied to setShowWhen(boolean).

Constant Value: "android.showWhen"

EXTRA_SMALL_ICON

String EXTRA_SMALL_ICON

extras key: this is the resource ID of the notification's main small icon, as supplied to setSmallIcon(int).

Constant Value: "android.icon"

EXTRA_SUB_TEXT

String EXTRA_SUB_TEXT

extras key: this is a third line of text, as supplied to setSubText(CharSequence).

Constant Value: "android.subText"

EXTRA_SUMMARY_TEXT

String EXTRA_SUMMARY_TEXT

extras key: this is a line of summary information intended to be shown alongside expanded notifications, as supplied to (e.g.) setSummaryText(CharSequence).

Constant Value: "android.summaryText"

EXTRA_TEMPLATE

String EXTRA_TEMPLATE

extras key: A string representing the name of the specific Notification.Style used to create this notification.

Constant Value: "android.template"

EXTRA_TEXT

String EXTRA_TEXT

extras key: this is the main text payload, as supplied to setContentText(CharSequence).

Constant Value: "android.text"

EXTRA_TEXT_LINES

String EXTRA_TEXT_LINES

extras key: An array of CharSequences to show in Notification.InboxStyle expanded notifications, each of which was supplied to addLine(CharSequence).

Constant Value: "android.textLines"

EXTRA_TITLE

String EXTRA_TITLE

extras key: this is the title of the notification, as supplied to setContentTitle(CharSequence).

Constant Value: "android.title"

EXTRA_TITLE_BIG

String EXTRA_TITLE_BIG

extras key: this is the title of the notification when shown in expanded form, e.g. as supplied to setBigContentTitle(CharSequence).

Constant Value: "android.title.big"

FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL

int FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL

Bit to be bitwise-ored into the flags field that should be set if the notification should be canceled when it is clicked by the user.

Constant Value: 16 (0x00000010)

FLAG_FOREGROUND_SERVICE

int FLAG_FOREGROUND_SERVICE

Bit to be bitwise-ored into the flags field that should be set if this notification represents a currently running service. This will normally be set for you by startForeground(int, Notification).

Constant Value: 64 (0x00000040)

FLAG_GROUP_SUMMARY

int FLAG_GROUP_SUMMARY

Bit to be bitswise-ored into the flags field that should be set if this notification is the group summary for a group of notifications. Grouped notifications may display in a cluster or stack on devices which support such rendering. Requires a group key also be set using setGroup(String).

Constant Value: 512 (0x00000200)

FLAG_HIGH_PRIORITY

int FLAG_HIGH_PRIORITY

This constant was deprecated in API level 16.
Use priority with a positive value.

Obsolete flag indicating high-priority notifications; use the priority field instead.

Constant Value: 128 (0x00000080)

FLAG_INSISTENT

int FLAG_INSISTENT

Bit to be bitwise-ored into the flags field that if set, the audio will be repeated until the notification is cancelled or the notification window is opened.

Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)

FLAG_LOCAL_ONLY

int FLAG_LOCAL_ONLY

Bit to be bitswise-ored into the flags field that should be set if this notification is relevant to the current device only and it is not recommended that it bridge to other devices.

Constant Value: 256 (0x00000100)

FLAG_NO_CLEAR

int FLAG_NO_CLEAR

Bit to be bitwise-ored into the flags field that should be set if the notification should not be canceled when the user clicks the Clear all button.

Constant Value: 32 (0x00000020)

FLAG_ONGOING_EVENT

int FLAG_ONGOING_EVENT

Bit to be bitwise-ored into the flags field that should be set if this notification is in reference to something that is ongoing, like a phone call. It should not be set if this notification is in reference to something that happened at a particular point in time, like a missed phone call.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

FLAG_ONLY_ALERT_ONCE

int FLAG_ONLY_ALERT_ONCE

Bit to be bitwise-ored into the flags field that should be set if you would only like the sound, vibrate and ticker to be played if the notification was not already showing.

Constant Value: 8 (0x00000008)

FLAG_SHOW_LIGHTS

int FLAG_SHOW_LIGHTS

Bit to be bitwise-ored into the flags field that should be set if you want the LED on for this notification.

• To turn the LED off, pass 0 in the alpha channel for colorARGB or 0 for both ledOnMS and ledOffMS.
• To turn the LED on, pass 1 for ledOnMS and 0 for ledOffMS.
• To flash the LED, pass the number of milliseconds that it should be on and off to ledOnMS and ledOffMS.

Since hardware varies, you are not guaranteed that any of the values you pass are honored exactly. Use the system defaults (TODO) if possible because they will be set to values that work on any given hardware.

The alpha channel must be set for forward compatibility.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

INTENT_CATEGORY_NOTIFICATION_PREFERENCES

String INTENT_CATEGORY_NOTIFICATION_PREFERENCES

An activity that provides a user interface for adjusting notification preferences for its containing application. Optional but recommended for apps that post Notifications.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.NOTIFICATION_PREFERENCES"

PRIORITY_DEFAULT

int PRIORITY_DEFAULT

Default notification priority. If your application does not prioritize its own notifications, use this value for all notifications.

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

PRIORITY_HIGH

int PRIORITY_HIGH

Higher priority, for more important notifications or alerts. The UI may choose to show these items larger, or at a different position in notification lists, compared with your app's PRIORITY_DEFAULT items.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

PRIORITY_LOW

int PRIORITY_LOW

Lower priority, for items that are less important. The UI may choose to show these items smaller, or at a different position in the list, compared with your app's PRIORITY_DEFAULT items.

Constant Value: -1 (0xffffffff)

PRIORITY_MAX

int PRIORITY_MAX

Highest priority, for your application's most important items that require the user's prompt attention or input.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

PRIORITY_MIN

int PRIORITY_MIN

Lowest priority; these items might not be shown to the user except under special circumstances, such as detailed notification logs.

Constant Value: -2 (0xfffffffe)

STREAM_DEFAULT

int STREAM_DEFAULT

This constant was deprecated in API level 21.
Use audioAttributes instead.

Use this constant as the value for audioStreamType to request that the default stream type for notifications be used. Currently the default stream type is STREAM_NOTIFICATION.

Constant Value: -1 (0xffffffff)

VISIBILITY_PRIVATE

int VISIBILITY_PRIVATE

Notification visibility: Show this notification on all lockscreens, but conceal sensitive or private information on secure lockscreens.

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

VISIBILITY_PUBLIC

int VISIBILITY_PUBLIC

Notification visibility: Show this notification in its entirety on all lockscreens.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

VISIBILITY_SECRET

int VISIBILITY_SECRET

Notification visibility: Do not reveal any part of this notification on a secure lockscreen.

Constant Value: -1 (0xffffffff)

AUDIO_ATTRIBUTES_DEFAULT

AudioAttributes AUDIO_ATTRIBUTES_DEFAULT

The default value of audioAttributes.

CREATOR

Creator<Notification> CREATOR

Parcelable.Creator that instantiates Notification objects

actions

Action[] actions

Array of all Notification.Action structures attached to this notification by addAction(int, CharSequence, PendingIntent). Mostly useful for instances of NotificationListenerService that provide an alternative interface for invoking actions.

audioAttributes

AudioAttributes audioAttributes

The audio attributes to use when playing the sound.

audioStreamType

int audioStreamType

This field was deprecated in API level 21.
Use audioAttributes instead.

The audio stream type to use when playing the sound. Should be one of the STREAM_ constants from AudioManager.

bigContentView

RemoteViews bigContentView

A large-format version of contentView, giving the Notification an opportunity to show more detail. The system UI may choose to show this instead of the normal content view at its discretion. As of N, this field may be null. The expanded notification view is determined by the inputs to Notification.Builder; a custom RemoteViews can optionally be supplied with setCustomBigContentView(RemoteViews).

category

String category

One of the predefined notification categories (see the CATEGORY_* constants) that best describes this Notification. May be used by the system for ranking and filtering.

color

int color

Accent color (an ARGB integer like the constants in Color) to be applied by the standard Style templates when presenting this notification. The current template design constructs a colorful header image by overlaying the icon image (stenciled in white) atop a field of this color. Alpha components are ignored.

contentIntent

PendingIntent contentIntent

The intent to execute when the expanded status entry is clicked. If this is an activity, it must include the FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK flag, which requires that you take care of task management as described in the Tasks and Back Stack document. In particular, make sure to read the notification section Handling Notifications for the correct ways to launch an application from a notification.

contentView

RemoteViews contentView

The view that will represent this notification in the notification list (which is pulled down from the status bar). As of N, this field may be null. The notification view is determined by the inputs to Notification.Builder; a custom RemoteViews can optionally be supplied with setCustomContentView(RemoteViews).

defaults

int defaults

Specifies which values should be taken from the defaults.

To set, OR the desired from DEFAULT_SOUND, DEFAULT_VIBRATE, DEFAULT_LIGHTS. For all default values, use DEFAULT_ALL.

deleteIntent

PendingIntent deleteIntent

The intent to execute when the notification is explicitly dismissed by the user, either with the "Clear All" button or by swiping it away individually. This probably shouldn't be launching an activity since several of those will be sent at the same time.

extras

Bundle extras

Additional semantic data to be carried around with this Notification.

The extras keys defined here are intended to capture the original inputs to Notification.Builder APIs, and are intended to be used by NotificationListenerService implementations to extract detailed information from notification objects.

flags

int flags

fullScreenIntent

PendingIntent fullScreenIntent

An intent to launch instead of posting the notification to the status bar.

The system UI may choose to display a heads-up notification, instead of launching this intent, while the user is using the device.

headsUpContentView

RemoteViews headsUpContentView

A medium-format version of contentView, providing the Notification an opportunity to add action buttons to contentView. At its discretion, the system UI may choose to show this as a heads-up notification, which will pop up so the user can see it without leaving their current activity. As of N, this field may be null. The heads-up notification view is determined by the inputs to Notification.Builder; a custom RemoteViews can optionally be supplied with setCustomHeadsUpContentView(RemoteViews).

icon

int icon

This field was deprecated in API level 23.
Use setSmallIcon(Icon) instead.

The resource id of a drawable to use as the icon in the status bar.

iconLevel

int iconLevel

If the icon in the status bar is to have more than one level, you can set this. Otherwise, leave it at its default value of 0.

largeIcon

Bitmap largeIcon

This field was deprecated in API level 23.
Use setLargeIcon(Icon) instead.

A large bitmap to be shown in the notification content area.

ledARGB

int ledARGB

The color of the led. The hardware will do its best approximation.

ledOffMS

int ledOffMS

The number of milliseconds for the LED to be off while it's flashing. The hardware will do its best approximation.

ledOnMS

int ledOnMS

The number of milliseconds for the LED to be on while it's flashing. The hardware will do its best approximation.

number

int number

This field was deprecated in API level 24.
this number is not shown anymore

The number of events that this notification represents. For example, in a new mail notification, this could be the number of unread messages. The system may or may not use this field to modify the appearance of the notification. For example, before HONEYCOMB, this number was superimposed over the icon in the status bar. Starting with HONEYCOMB, the template used by Notification.Builder has displayed the number in the expanded notification view. If the number is 0 or negative, it is never shown.

priority

int priority

Relative priority for this notification. Priority is an indication of how much of the user's valuable attention should be consumed by this notification. Low-priority notifications may be hidden from the user in certain situations, while the user might be interrupted for a higher-priority notification. The system will make a determination about how to interpret this priority when presenting the notification.

A notification that is at least PRIORITY_HIGH is more likely to be presented as a heads-up notification.

publicVersion

Notification publicVersion

Replacement version of this notification whose content will be shown in an insecure context such as atop a secure keyguard. See visibility and VISIBILITY_PUBLIC.

sound

Uri sound

The sound to play.

A notification that is noisy is more likely to be presented as a heads-up notification.

To play the default notification sound, see defaults.

tickerText

CharSequence tickerText

Text that summarizes this notification for accessibility services. As of the L release, this text is no longer shown on screen, but it is still useful to accessibility services (where it serves as an audible announcement of the notification's appearance).

tickerView

RemoteViews tickerView

Formerly, a view showing the tickerText. No longer displayed in the status bar as of API 21.

vibrate

long[] vibrate

The pattern with which to vibrate.

To vibrate the default pattern, see defaults.

A notification that vibrates is more likely to be presented as a heads-up notification.

visibility

int visibility

Sphere of visibility of this notification, which affects how and when the SystemUI reveals the notification's presence and contents in untrusted situations (namely, on the secure lockscreen). The default level, VISIBILITY_PRIVATE, behaves exactly as notifications have always done on Android: The notification's icon and tickerText (if available) are shown in all situations, but the contents are only available if the device is unlocked for the appropriate user. A more permissive policy can be expressed by VISIBILITY_PUBLIC; such a notification can be read even in an "insecure" context (that is, above a secure lockscreen). To modify the public version of this notification—for example, to redact some portions—see setPublicVersion(Notification). Finally, a notification can be made VISIBILITY_SECRET, which will suppress its icon and ticker until the user has bypassed the lockscreen.

when

long when

A timestamp related to this notification, in milliseconds since the epoch. Default value: Now. Choose a timestamp that will be most relevant to the user. For most finite events, this corresponds to the time the event happened (or will happen, in the case of events that have yet to occur but about which the user is being informed). Indefinite events should be timestamped according to when the activity began. Some examples:

• Notification of a new chat message should be stamped when the message was received.
• Notification of an ongoing file download (with a progress bar, for example) should be stamped when the download started.
• Notification of a completed file download should be stamped when the download finished.
• Notification of an upcoming meeting should be stamped with the time the meeting will begin (that is, in the future).
• Notification of an ongoing stopwatch (increasing timer) should be stamped with the watch's start time.
• Notification of an ongoing countdown timer should be stamped with the timer's end time.

Notification

Notification ()

Constructs a Notification object with default values. You might want to consider using Notification.Builder instead.

Notification

Notification (int icon, 
                CharSequence tickerText, 
                long when)

This constructor was deprecated in API level 11.
Use Notification.Builder instead.

Constructs a Notification object with the information needed to have a status bar icon without the standard expanded view.

Notification

Notification (Parcel parcel)

Unflatten the notification from a parcel.

clone

Notification clone ()

Creates and returns a copy of this object. The precise meaning of "copy" may depend on the class of the object. The general intent is that, for any object x, the expression:

 x.clone() != x

 x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()

 x.clone().equals(x)

By convention, the returned object should be obtained by calling super.clone. If a class and all of its superclasses (except Object) obey this convention, it will be the case that x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass().

By convention, the object returned by this method should be independent of this object (which is being cloned). To achieve this independence, it may be necessary to modify one or more fields of the object returned by super.clone before returning it. Typically, this means copying any mutable objects that comprise the internal "deep structure" of the object being cloned and replacing the references to these objects with references to the copies. If a class contains only primitive fields or references to immutable objects, then it is usually the case that no fields in the object returned by super.clone need to be modified.

The method clone for class Object performs a specific cloning operation. First, if the class of this object does not implement the interface Cloneable, then a CloneNotSupportedException is thrown. Note that all arrays are considered to implement the interface Cloneable and that the return type of the clone method of an array type T[] is T[] where T is any reference or primitive type. Otherwise, this method creates a new instance of the class of this object and initializes all its fields with exactly the contents of the corresponding fields of this object, as if by assignment; the contents of the fields are not themselves cloned. Thus, this method performs a "shallow copy" of this object, not a "deep copy" operation.

The class Object does not itself implement the interface Cloneable, so calling the clone method on an object whose class is Object will result in throwing an exception at run time.

describeContents

int describeContents ()

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation. For example, if the object will include a file descriptor in the output of writeToParcel(Parcel, int), the return value of this method must include the CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR bit.

getGroup

String getGroup ()

Get the key used to group this notification into a cluster or stack with other notifications on devices which support such rendering.

getLargeIcon

Icon getLargeIcon ()

The large icon shown in this notification's content view.

getSmallIcon

Icon getSmallIcon ()

The small icon representing this notification in the status bar and content view.

getSortKey

String getSortKey ()

Get a sort key that orders this notification among other notifications from the same package. This can be useful if an external sort was already applied and an app would like to preserve this. Notifications will be sorted lexicographically using this value, although providing different priorities in addition to providing sort key may cause this value to be ignored.

This sort key can also be used to order members of a notification group. See setGroup(String).

toString

String toString ()

Returns a string representation of the object. In general, the toString method returns a string that "textually represents" this object. The result should be a concise but informative representation that is easy for a person to read. It is recommended that all subclasses override this method.

The toString method for class Object returns a string consisting of the name of the class of which the object is an instance, the at-sign character `@', and the unsigned hexadecimal representation of the hash code of the object. In other words, this method returns a string equal to the value of:

 getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())
 

writeToParcel

void writeToParcel (Parcel parcel, 
                int flags)

Flatten this notification into a parcel.