60.1 An Overview of Notifications
When a notification is initiated on an Android device, it appears as an icon in the status bar. Figure 60-1, for example, shows a status bar with a number of notification icons:
Figure 60-1
To view the notifications, the user makes a downward swiping motion starting at the status bar to pull down the notification drawer as shown in Figure 60-2:
Figure 60-2
In devices running Android 8 or newer, performing a long press on an app launcher icon will display any pending notifications associated with that app as shown in Figure 60-3:
Figure 60-3
Android 8 and later also supports notification dots that appear on app launcher icons when a notification is waiting to be seen by the user.
A typical notification will simply display a message and, when tapped, launch the app responsible for issuing the notification. Notifications may also contain action buttons which perform a task specific to the corresponding app when tapped...
