Add programmatically created layout in remoteview for Notification

Question

I'm developing an application in which I have to not use custom layout for notification. Instead I have to use programmatically created layout for RemoteViews. Here is what I'm doing for layout stuff:

Notification notify = new Notification.Builder(context)
            .setContentTitle("Notification")
            .setLargeIcon(
                    decodeBase64(NotificationImages.notification_ic_stat_notify))
            .build();

    LinearLayout linLayout = new LinearLayout(context);

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    Drawable bg = new BitmapDrawable(
            decodeBase64(NotificationImages.search_bg));

    linLayout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);
    linLayout.setBackground(bg);

    LinearLayout.LayoutParams llp = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
            LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
            LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);

    linLayout.setLayoutParams(llp);

    ImageView icon = new ImageView(context);

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    Drawable icon_bg = new BitmapDrawable(
            decodeBase64(NotificationImages.notification_logo));

    icon.setBackground(icon_bg);

    LinearLayout.LayoutParams image_lp = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
            LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
            LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    image_lp.setMargins(20, 0, 0, 0);
    image_lp.gravity = Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL;

    icon.setLayoutParams(image_lp);

    linLayout.addView(icon);

Ignore the use of base64 decoding, that I was doing for some random purpose. So, right now what I want is to add this layout to RemoteViews for showing it on notification panel. Something like this:

RemoteViews contentView = new RemoteViews(PACKAGE_NAME,
            R.layout.persistent_notification_layout);

How, can I replace the layout.persistent_notification_layout from the layout created programmatically? Any kind of help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Let's take a step back, why do you "have to not use custom layout for notification", I'm not clear what that means. You then say "Instead I have to use programmatically created layout for RemoteViews." - why is that, what is it that you're doing that these are both true? Perhaps if you could give a little more insight into what you're trying to accomplish, I could understand your goal and help you get to that point.

Answer 2

I have solved this question by not providing layout from the library file, but from the app which has included the library. I have added this function for creating notification layout.

public void searchBar(Context context, String packageName, int layout,
        String tickerText, int icon) {

As, you can see that all things are dynamic here with respect to the app, which are using this library. The layout and all the other stuff can be provided from the app itself.