Bad notification posted from package Couldn't expand RemoteViews
android, android-notifications
Solution
I noticed this happening on 3.0 emulators, when I set the Large Icon.
So, since the Large Icon is only used by 4.0+ devices, I solved this issue by checking if the Build version is > 13. If so (and only if so), I set the Large icon.
The problem has gone.
Problem
I have a problem. Some times my service is forcefully closed with this logcat: ``` 03-26 20:44:44.849: E/AndroidRuntime(12080): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 03-26 20:44:44.849: E/AndroidRuntime(12080): android.app.RemoteServiceException: Bad notification posted from package by.flipdev.vkspy: Couldn't expand RemoteViews for: StatusBarNotification(pkg=by.flipdev.vkspy id=1 tag=null score=0 notn=Notification(pri=0 contentView=by.flipdev.vkspy/0x1090071 vibrate=null sound=null defaults=0x0 flags=0x2 kind=[null])) 03-26 20:44:44.849: E/AndroidRuntime(12080): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1374) 03-26 20:44:44.849: E/AndroidRuntime(12080): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 03-26 20:44:44.849: E/AndroidRuntime(12080): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137) 03-26 20:44:44.849: E/AndroidRuntime(12080): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4931) 03-26 20:44:44.849: E/AndroidRuntime(12080): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 03-26 20:44:44.849: E/AndroidRuntime(12080): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511) 03-26 20:44:44.849: E/AndroidRuntime(12080): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:791) 03-26 20:44:44.849: E/AndroidRuntime(12080): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:558) 03-26 20:44:44.849: E/AndroidRuntime(12080): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) ``` This is my code to add add notifications: ``` protected void addNotification(final Bitmap Avatar, final int small_Image_ID, final int notify_id, final String text, final String title, final Boolean ongoing, final Boolean ticker, final String tickerText, final Boolean autoCancel, final String notificationCategory, final int notificationValue) { try { final Intent notificationIntent = new Intent( getApplicationContext(), CheckerActivity.class); notificationIntent .putExtra(notificationCategory, notificationValue); notificationIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP); final PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity( getApplicationContext(), notify_id, notificationIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT); final NotificationManager nm = (NotificationManager) context .getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE); final NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder( context); if (Ticker) { builder.setContentIntent(contentIntent) .setSmallIcon(small_Image_ID) .setOngoing(ongoing) .setLargeIcon(Avatar).setTicker(tickerText) .setWhen(System.currentTimeMillis()) .setAutoCancel(AutoCancel).setContentTitle(title) .setContentText(text); // Текст уведомления } else { builder.setContentIntent(contentIntent) .setSmallIcon(small_Image_ID) .setLargeIcon(avatar) .setOngoing(ongoing) .setWhen(System.currentTimeMillis()) .setAutoCancel(AutoCancel).setContentTitle(title) .setContentText(text); // Текст уведомления } final Notification n = builder.getNotification(); nm.notify(notify_id, n); } catch (final Exception e) { // TODO: add exception handling code } } ``` Why is my service killed?