Android multiline notifications / notifications with longer text

Question

I need to create a Notification with a longer text, is that possible? By default it is not, but you can use a custom layout, which is what I did. Now I can display multiple lines, but as you can see, the text is still broken / not displayed completely? ): Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong / if there's a fixed limit for the size of notifications? If you look at the screenshot you will notice, that there is still a lot of space left... Thanks for any hint!

BTW here's the XML used for the custom layout, based on http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/notifications.html#CustomNotification

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"           android:orientation="horizontal"           android:layout_width="fill_parent"           android:layout_height="fill_parent"           android:padding="3dp"           > <ImageView android:id="@+id/image"           android:layout_width="wrap_content"           android:layout_height="fill_parent"           android:layout_marginRight="10dp"           /> <TextView android:id="@+id/text"           android:layout_width="wrap_content"           android:layout_height="fill_parent"           android:textColor="#000"           /> </LinearLayout> 

Answer 1

NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder =             new NotificationCompat.Builder(this)                     .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_notification)                     .setContentTitle(title)                     .setStyle(new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle()                                       .bigText(message))                     .setContentText(message)                                                                 .setDefaults(NotificationCompat.DEFAULT_SOUND)                     .setContentIntent(contentIntent)                     .setAutoCancel(true);  mNotificationManager.notify(requestID, mBuilder.build()); 

once reffer https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/notifications.html

Answer 2

For Jelly Bean and higher you can use an expandable notification. The easiest way is to use the NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle for your notification.

Like so:

NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle bigTextStyle = new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle(); bigTextStyle.setBigContentTitle(getString(R.string.title)); bigTextStyle.bigText(getString(R.string.long_explanation));  mBuilder.setStyle(bigTextStyle);