java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: android.app.Notification$Builder.setColor

Question

final Notification.Builder mBuilder = new Notification.Builder(this)
                .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.bwf_logo)
                .setColor(getResources().getColor(android.R.color.white)) // **exception raised at this line**
                .setContentTitle("Title")
                .setStyle(
                        new Notification.BigTextStyle()
                                .bigText(notificationMessage))
                .setAutoCancel(true)
                .setSound(
                        RingtoneManager
                                .getDefaultUri(RingtoneManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION))
                .setVibrate(vibrate).setContentText(notificationMessage);

        mBuilder.setContentIntent(contentIntent);
        mNotificationManager.notify(NOTIFICATION_ID, mBuilder.build());

01-17 21:14:44.450: W/dalvikvm(27472): threadid=38: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x41004318)
01-17 21:14:44.450: E/AndroidRuntime(27472): FATAL EXCEPTION: IntentService[GCMIntentService]
01-17 21:14:44.450: E/AndroidRuntime(27472): java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: android.app.Notification$Builder.setColor
01-17 21:14:44.450: E/AndroidRuntime(27472):    at com.bwf.betswithfriends.GCMIntentService.gcmAlternateStakeNotification(GCMIntentService.java:109)
01-17 21:14:44.450: E/AndroidRuntime(27472):    at com.bwf.betswithfriends.GCMIntentService.onHandleIntent(GCMIntentService.java:51)
01-17 21:14:44.450: E/AndroidRuntime(27472):    at android.app.IntentService$ServiceHandler.handleMessage(IntentService.java:65)
01-17 21:14:44.450: E/AndroidRuntime(27472):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
01-17 21:14:44.450: E/AndroidRuntime(27472):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
01-17 21:14:44.450: E/AndroidRuntime(27472):    at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:60)
01-17 21:14:44.560: D/dalvikvm(27472): GC_CONCURRENT freed 3520K, 16% free 22535K/26695K, paused 14ms+24ms, total 131ms

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Answer 1

setColor() is new to API Level 21 and will not work on older devices.

I strongly recommend that you switch to NotificationCompat.Builder, as it will allow you to call setColor() and will simply skip that work on older devices.