Using NotificationCompat.builder for creating notifications

example/app.js

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ btn1.addEventListener('click',function(e){
 		icon: Ti.App.Android.R.drawable.appicon, //Optional icon must be a resource id or url
 		minute:2, //Set the number of minutes until the alarm should go off
 		contentTitle:'Alarm #1', //Set the title of the Notification that will appear
-		contentText:'Alarm & Notify Basic', //Set the body of the notification that will apear
+		contentText:'Alarm & Notify Basic with some long text that spans over multiple lines', //Set the body of the notification that will apear
 		playSound:true, //On notification play the default sound ( by default off )
 		vibrate:true, //On notification vibrate device ( by default off )
 		showLights: true, //On notification show the device lights ( by default off )

manifest

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # this is your module manifest and used by Titanium
 # during compilation, packaging, distribution, etc.
 #
-version: 0.11
+version: 0.12
 apiversion: 2
 description: This module provides Titanium access to Androids Alarm Manager functionality
 author: Benjamin Bahrenburg

src/bencoding/alarmmanager/AlarmNotificationListener.java

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 
 import android.R;
 import android.app.Notification;
+import android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat;
+import android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.Builder;
+import android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle;
 import android.app.NotificationManager;
 import android.app.PendingIntent;
 import android.net.Uri;
@@ -61,47 +64,57 @@ public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
 
     	Intent notifyIntent =createIntent(className);
 
-    	Notification notification = new Notification(icon, contentTitle, System.currentTimeMillis());		 
     	PendingIntent sender = PendingIntent.getActivity( TiApplication.getInstance().getApplicationContext(), 
     													  requestCode, notifyIntent,  
     													  PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT | Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL);
-
+
+    	utils.debugLog("Using NotificationCompat.Builder");
+		NotificationCompat.Builder notificationBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(
+				TiApplication.getInstance().getApplicationContext())
+				.setWhen(System.currentTimeMillis())
+				.setContentText(contentText)
+				.setContentTitle(contentTitle)
+				.setSmallIcon(icon)
+				.setAutoCancel(true)
+				.setTicker(contentTitle)
+				.setContentIntent(sender)
+				.setStyle(
+						new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle()
+								.bigText(contentText)).setOnlyAlertOnce(true)
+				.setAutoCancel(true);
 
     	utils.debugLog("setting notification flags"); 
-    	notification = createNotifyFlags(notification,playSound,hasCustomSound,soundPath,doVibrate,showLights);
-    	utils.debugLog("setLatestEventInfo"); 
-    	notification.setLatestEventInfo(TiApplication.getInstance().getApplicationContext(), contentTitle,contentText, sender);
+    	notificationBuilder = createNotifyFlags(notificationBuilder,playSound,hasCustomSound,soundPath,doVibrate,showLights);
     	utils.debugLog("Notifying using requestCode =" + requestCode);        
-    	notificationManager.notify(requestCode, notification);
+    	notificationManager.notify(requestCode, notificationBuilder.build());
     	utils.infoLog("You should now see a notification");
 
     }
 
-    private Notification createNotifyFlags(Notification notification, boolean playSound, boolean hasCustomSound, String soundPath, boolean doVibrate, boolean showLights){
+    private NotificationCompat.Builder createNotifyFlags(NotificationCompat.Builder notification, boolean playSound, boolean hasCustomSound, String soundPath, boolean doVibrate, boolean showLights){
     	//Set the notifications flags
-    	if(playSound){
-    		if(hasCustomSound){
-    			notification.sound = Uri.parse(soundPath);
-    		}else{
-    			notification.defaults |= Notification.DEFAULT_SOUND;
-    		}
-    	}
-
-    	if(doVibrate){
-    		notification.defaults |=Notification.DEFAULT_VIBRATE;
-    	}
-    	if(showLights){
-    		notification.defaults |=Notification.DEFAULT_LIGHTS;
-    		notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_SHOW_LIGHTS;
-    	}
     	if (playSound && !hasCustomSound && doVibrate && showLights){
-    		notification.defaults = Notification.DEFAULT_ALL;
+    		notification.setDefaults(Notification.DEFAULT_ALL);
+    	}else{
+    		int defaults = 0;
+    		if (showLights) {
+    		    defaults = defaults | Notification.DEFAULT_LIGHTS;
+    		    notification.setLights(0xFF0000FF,200,3000);
+    		}               
+    		if (playSound) {
+    		    defaults = defaults | Notification.DEFAULT_SOUND;
+    		    if(hasCustomSound){
+        			notification.setSound(Uri.parse(soundPath));
+        		}
+    		}
+    		if (doVibrate) {
+    		    defaults = defaults | Notification.DEFAULT_VIBRATE;
+    		}
+    		notification.setDefaults(defaults);
     	}
-
-    	//Set alarm flags
-    	notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_ONLY_ALERT_ONCE | Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
     	return notification;
     }
+
     private Intent createIntent(String className){
 		try {