TUTORIAL 20
A Subtle Notification
Right now, the only way you find out about status updates from your
friends is by looking at your application. However, perhaps there is a
certain keyword that you want to specifically watch for – perhaps your
company name. In this tutorial, we augment Patchy and PostMonitor to
watch for such a keyword, putting a Notification in the status bar when
there is a match.
Step-By-Step Instructions.........................................................................
First, you need to have completed the previous tutorial. If you are
beginning the tutorials here, or if you wish to not use your existing work,
you can download a ZIP file with all of the tutorial results, and you can copy
the 18-LocalService edition of Patchy to use as a starting point.
Step #1: Pick a Word and Icon...........................................................
PostMonitor will watch for posts containing some word (or phrase) that you
choose...but you need to choose it. Determine what you want to watch for,
then add it as a NOTIFY_KEYWORD value in PostMonitor:
private static final String NOTIFY_KEYWORD="snicklefritz";You will also need an icon, named status.png, in your res/drawable/
resource directory, that will be used with the Notification. You can grab