Is setContentIntent(PendingIntent) required in NotificationCompat.Builder?

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Calling : ``` public static void triggerTestNotification(Context ctx, String tag, int id) { Notification not = new NotificationCompat.Builder(ctx) .setContentTitle("Title").setContentText("Text") .setAutoCancel(true) // cancel on click .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher).build(); NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) ctx .getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE); notificationManager.notify(tag, id, not); } ``` in `onCreate()` of my main activity yields : ``` 11-17 15:58:46.198: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 11-17 15:58:46.198: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{gr.uoa.di.monitoring.android/gr.uoa.di.monitoring.android.activities.MainActivity}: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: contentIntent required: pkg=gr.uoa.di.monitoring.android id=0 notification=Notification(vibrate=null,sound=null,defaults=0x0,flags=0x10) //... 11-17 15:58:46.198: E/AndroidRuntime(1507): Caused by: java.la…

Accepted Answer

If you use a caching service like waybackmachine and you look for previous versions of the Notifications guide, you will see that the guide does tell you that the `contentIntent` is required.

This is reflected in the Android source as well. `NotificationManagerService` handles the checking of Notifications before displaying them.

In `Gingerbread`, as part of the `enqueueNotificationInternal()` method, it has this check:

```
if (notification.icon != 0) {
    if (notification.contentView == null) {
          throw new IllegalArgumentException("contentView required: pkg=" + pkg
                    + " id=" + id + " notification=" + notification);
    }
    if (notification.contentIntent == null) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("contentIntent required: pkg=" + pkg
                + " id=" + id + " notification=" + notification);
    }
}
```

On later Android versions, such as `Ice Cream Sandwich`, that check is gone:

```
if (notification.icon != 0) {
    if (notification.contentView == null) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("contentView required: pkg=" + pkg
              + " id=" + id + " notification=" + notification);
    }
}
```

Thus, a `contentIntent` is required on Gingerbread and below.

Is setContentIntent(PendingIntent) required in NotificationCompat.Builder?

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