Notification.Action
  public
  static
  
  
  class
  Notification.Action
  
    extends Object
  
  
  
  
  
      implements
      
        Parcelable
      
  
  
| java.lang.Object | |
| ↳ | android.app.Notification.Action | 
Structure to encapsulate a named action that can be shown as part of this notification.
 It must include an icon, a label, and a PendingIntent to be fired when the action is
 selected by the user.
 
 Apps should use Notification.Builder.addAction(int, CharSequence, PendingIntent)
 or Notification.Builder.addAction(Notification.Action)
 to attach actions.
 
 As of Android Build.VERSION_CODES.S, apps targeting API level Build.VERSION_CODES.S or higher won't be able to start activities while
 processing broadcast receivers or services in response to notification action clicks. To
 launch an activity in those cases, provide a PendingIntent for the activity itself.
Summary
| Nested classes | |
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        class | Notification.Action.BuilderBuilder class for  | 
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        interface | Notification.Action.ExtenderExtender interface for use with  | 
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        class | Notification.Action.WearableExtenderWearable extender for notification actions. | 
| Constants | |
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| int | SEMANTIC_ACTION_ARCHIVE
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| int | SEMANTIC_ACTION_CALL
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| int | SEMANTIC_ACTION_DELETE
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| int | SEMANTIC_ACTION_MARK_AS_READ
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| int | SEMANTIC_ACTION_MARK_AS_UNREAD
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| int | SEMANTIC_ACTION_MUTE
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| int | SEMANTIC_ACTION_NONENo semantic action defined. | 
| int | SEMANTIC_ACTION_REPLY
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| int | SEMANTIC_ACTION_THUMBS_DOWN
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| int | SEMANTIC_ACTION_THUMBS_UP
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| int | SEMANTIC_ACTION_UNMUTE
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| Inherited constants | 
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| Fields | |
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    public
    static
    final
    Creator<Notification.Action> | CREATOR
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    public
    
    
    PendingIntent | actionIntentIntent to send when the user invokes this action. | 
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    public
    
    
    int | icon
      This field was deprecated
      in API level 23.
    Use  | 
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    public
    
    
    CharSequence | titleTitle of the action. | 
| Public constructors | |
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      Action(int icon, CharSequence title, PendingIntent intent)
      
      This constructor is deprecated.
    Use  | |
| Public methods | |
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        Notification.Action | 
      clone()
      Creates and returns a copy of this object. | 
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        int | 
      describeContents()
      Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation. | 
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        boolean | 
      getAllowGeneratedReplies()
      Return whether the platform should automatically generate possible replies for this
  | 
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        RemoteInput[] | 
      getDataOnlyRemoteInputs()
      Get the list of inputs to be collected from the user that ONLY accept data when this action is sent. | 
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        Bundle | 
      getExtras()
      Get additional metadata carried around with this Action. | 
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        Icon | 
      getIcon()
      Return an icon representing the action. | 
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        RemoteInput[] | 
      getRemoteInputs()
      Get the list of inputs to be collected from the user when this action is sent. | 
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        int | 
      getSemanticAction()
      Returns the  | 
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        boolean | 
      isAuthenticationRequired()
      Returns whether the OS should only send this action's  | 
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        boolean | 
      isContextual()
      Returns whether this is a contextual Action, i.e. | 
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        void | 
      writeToParcel(Parcel out, int flags)
      Flatten this object in to a Parcel. | 
| Inherited methods | |
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Constants
SEMANTIC_ACTION_ARCHIVE
public static final int SEMANTIC_ACTION_ARCHIVE
SemanticAction: Archive the content associated with the notification. This
 could mean archiving an email, message, etc.
Constant Value: 5 (0x00000005)
SEMANTIC_ACTION_CALL
public static final int SEMANTIC_ACTION_CALL
SemanticAction: Call a contact, group, etc.
Constant Value: 10 (0x0000000a)
SEMANTIC_ACTION_DELETE
public static final int SEMANTIC_ACTION_DELETE
SemanticAction: Delete the content associated with the notification. This
 could mean deleting an email, message, etc.
Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)
SEMANTIC_ACTION_MARK_AS_READ
public static final int SEMANTIC_ACTION_MARK_AS_READ
SemanticAction: Mark content as read.
Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)
SEMANTIC_ACTION_MARK_AS_UNREAD
public static final int SEMANTIC_ACTION_MARK_AS_UNREAD
SemanticAction: Mark content as unread.
Constant Value: 3 (0x00000003)
SEMANTIC_ACTION_MUTE
public static final int SEMANTIC_ACTION_MUTE
SemanticAction: Mute the content associated with the notification. This could
 mean silencing a conversation or currently playing media.
Constant Value: 6 (0x00000006)
SEMANTIC_ACTION_NONE
public static final int SEMANTIC_ACTION_NONE
No semantic action defined.
Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)
SEMANTIC_ACTION_REPLY
public static final int SEMANTIC_ACTION_REPLY
SemanticAction: Reply to a conversation, chat, group, or wherever replies
 may be appropriate.
Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)
SEMANTIC_ACTION_THUMBS_DOWN
public static final int SEMANTIC_ACTION_THUMBS_DOWN
SemanticAction: Mark content with a thumbs down.
Constant Value: 9 (0x00000009)
SEMANTIC_ACTION_THUMBS_UP
public static final int SEMANTIC_ACTION_THUMBS_UP
SemanticAction: Mark content with a thumbs up.
Constant Value: 8 (0x00000008)
SEMANTIC_ACTION_UNMUTE
public static final int SEMANTIC_ACTION_UNMUTE
SemanticAction: Unmute the content associated with the notification. This could
 mean un-silencing a conversation or currently playing media.
Constant Value: 7 (0x00000007)
Fields
actionIntent
public PendingIntent actionIntent
Intent to send when the user invokes this action. May be null, in which case the
 action may be rendered in a disabled presentation by the system UI.
icon
public int icon
      This field was deprecated
      in API level 23.
    Use Action.getIcon() instead.
  
Small icon representing the action.
Public constructors
Action
public Action (int icon, 
                CharSequence title, 
                PendingIntent intent)
      This constructor is deprecated.
    Use Notification.Action.Builder.
  
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| icon | int | 
| title | CharSequence | 
| intent | PendingIntent: This value may benull. | 
Public methods
clone
public Notification.Action 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:
 
will be true, and that the expression:
will be
true, but these are not absolute requirements.
 While it is typically the case that:
 will be
true, this is not an absolute requirement.
 
 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.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| Notification.Action | a clone of this instance. | 
describeContents
public 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(android.os.Parcel, int),
 the return value of this method must include the
 CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR bit.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| int | a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshaled
 by this Parcelable object instance.
 Value is either 0orCONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR | 
getAllowGeneratedReplies
public boolean getAllowGeneratedReplies ()
Return whether the platform should automatically generate possible replies for this
 Action
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| boolean | |
getDataOnlyRemoteInputs
public RemoteInput[] getDataOnlyRemoteInputs ()
Get the list of inputs to be collected from the user that ONLY accept data when this
 action is sent. These remote inputs are guaranteed to return true on a call to
 RemoteInput.isDataOnly.
 
Returns null if there are no data-only remote inputs.
 
This method exists so that legacy RemoteInput collectors that pre-date the addition of non-textual RemoteInputs do not access these remote inputs.
| Returns | |
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| RemoteInput[] | |
getExtras
public Bundle getExtras ()
Get additional metadata carried around with this Action.
| Returns | |
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| Bundle | |
getIcon
public Icon getIcon ()
Return an icon representing the action.
| Returns | |
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| Icon | |
getRemoteInputs
public RemoteInput[] getRemoteInputs ()
Get the list of inputs to be collected from the user when this action is sent.
 May return null if no remote inputs were added. Only returns inputs which accept
 a text input. For inputs which only accept data use getDataOnlyRemoteInputs().
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| RemoteInput[] | |
getSemanticAction
public int getSemanticAction ()
Returns the SemanticAction associated with this Action. A
 SemanticAction denotes what an Action's PendingIntent will do
 (eg. reply, mark as read, delete, etc).
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| int | Value is SEMANTIC_ACTION_NONE,SEMANTIC_ACTION_REPLY,SEMANTIC_ACTION_MARK_AS_READ,SEMANTIC_ACTION_MARK_AS_UNREAD,SEMANTIC_ACTION_DELETE,SEMANTIC_ACTION_ARCHIVE,SEMANTIC_ACTION_MUTE,SEMANTIC_ACTION_UNMUTE,SEMANTIC_ACTION_THUMBS_UP,SEMANTIC_ACTION_THUMBS_DOWN,SEMANTIC_ACTION_CALL, android.app.Notification.Action.SEMANTIC_ACTION_MARK_CONVERSATION_AS_PRIORITY, or android.app.Notification.Action.SEMANTIC_ACTION_CONVERSATION_IS_PHISHING | 
isAuthenticationRequired
public boolean isAuthenticationRequired ()
Returns whether the OS should only send this action's PendingIntent on an
 unlocked device.
 
If the device is locked when the action is invoked, the OS should show the keyguard and require successful authentication before invoking the intent.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| boolean | |
isContextual
public boolean isContextual ()
Returns whether this is a contextual Action, i.e. whether the action is dependent on the notification message body. An example of a contextual action could be an action opening a map application with an address shown in the notification.
| Returns | |
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| boolean | |
writeToParcel
public void writeToParcel (Parcel out, int flags)
Flatten this object in to a Parcel.
| Parameters | |
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| out | Parcel: The Parcel in which the object should be written.
 This value cannot benull. | 
| flags | int: Additional flags about how the object should be written.
 May be 0 orParcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE.
 Value is either0or a combination ofParcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE, and android.os.Parcelable.PARCELABLE_ELIDE_DUPLICATES | 
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