How to add vertical line to RemoteView for custom Android Notifications?

Question

I'm struggling to add a vertical line to a custom Android Notification. I've tried adding a view like this to my Relative Layout:

<View
    android:id="@+id/line_vertical"
    android:layout_width="1dip"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_toRightOf="@id/image_logo"
    android:background="#0000FF" />

But when I fire the notification, I get the following Exception:
android.app.RemoteServiceException: Bad notification posted from package XXX: Couldn't expand RemoteViews for: StatusBarNotification(package=XXX)

Anybody have any ideas?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 15 '12 at 18:59

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You can't inflate just any view in a RemoteView. Change your View to an empty TextView or ImageView.

A RemoteViews object (and, consequently, an App Widget) can support the following layout classes:
FrameLayout
LinearLayout
RelativeLayout
And the following widget classes:
AnalogClock
Button
Chronometer
ImageButton
ImageView
ProgressBar
TextView
ViewFlipper
ListView
GridView
StackView
AdapterViewFlipper
Descendants of these classes are not supported.

Reference: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/appwidgets/index.html#CreatingLayout

answered May 15 '12 at 18:59

K-ballo

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You da man K-ballo. Using an ImageView worked perfectly. Here's my code: `` – Karim Varela May 15 '12 at 22:57
Thanks for explanation. – Ogulcan Orhan Jun 29 '16 at 21:31

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 25 '13 at 11:12

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    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="1dp"
        android:layout_height="25dp"
        android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
        android:alpha="0.3"
        android:background="#FFFFFF" />

We have to add like this.

answered Feb 25 '13 at 11:12

Suman

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How to add vertical line to RemoteView for custom Android Notifications?

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