About notifications in Views
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Jetpack Compose is the recommended UI toolkit for Android. Learn how to add notifications in Compose.
Notifications allow your app to provide users with timely information and
reminders even when the app isn't explicitly in use. In View-based apps, you use
the Android system APIs and NotificationCompat to create and post
notifications.
For a comprehensive overview of the Android notification system, including
where notifications appear, their anatomy, and system-wide behaviors, see the
About notifications guide.
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Last updated 2026-04-30 UTC.
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