Android Notification buttons not showing up

Question

This is my code to set up a notification with buttons.

Intent receiverIntent = new Intent(ctx, ResponsivePrefsActivity.class);         PendingIntent pReceiverIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(ctx, 1, receiverIntent, 0);         Intent clearIntent = new Intent(ctx, ResponsivePrefsActivity.class);         clearIntent.setAction("clear");         PendingIntent pClearIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(ctx, 1, clearIntent, 0);          Intent colorsIntent = new Intent(ctx, ResponsivePrefsActivity.class);         colorsIntent.setAction("colors");         PendingIntent pColorsIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(ctx, 1, colorsIntent, 0);          Intent animationIntent = new Intent(ctx, ResponsivePrefsActivity.class);         animationIntent.setAction("animation");         PendingIntent pAnimation = PendingIntent.getActivity(ctx, 1, animationIntent, 0);          Notification.Builder builder;         builder = new Notification.Builder(ctx).setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher).setAutoCancel(false)                 .setContentTitle("Draw Me: A Live Wallpaper").setContentText("Never get bored again!")                 .setContentIntent(pReceiverIntent).addAction(R.raw.ic_menu_close_clear_cancel, "Clear", pClearIntent)                 .addAction(R.raw.ic_menu_edit, "Colors", pColorsIntent).addAction(R.raw.ic_menu_play_clip, "Animation", pAnimation);         Notification notification = builder.build();          NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) ctx.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);          notificationManager.notify(0, notification); 

Notification is showing up but buttons don't. My device has Android 4.1.1 I set up this notification in a Fragment. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

Answer 1

Let me tell you something which is really awkward. If you have anything in your Ongoing Notification, You wont see the buttons. Typically it happens when you have phone connected to PC via USB. Hope this solves your problem

Answer 2

Just a reminder for anyone with a similar issue. As per the Android Notifications Guide, notifications can appear in two styles:

• Normal View, where the action buttons don't appear by default (and the user has to expand the notification, in order for them to appear)
• Big View, which is visible if the notification is first in the notification list, or the user has expanded the notification.

Therefore in order to force the notification to appear in Big View, all we have to do is simply place it on the top of the Notifications list. That can be done by setting the When property to 0 which makes it the oldest among notifications! (Sometimes though we may not want this). So call

setWhen(0) 

to your notification and you're done.