Package org.gnome.gio

Class Notification

java.lang.Object
All Implemented Interfaces:
Proxy

@Generated("io.github.jwharm.JavaGI") public class Notification extends GObject
GNotification is a mechanism for creating a notification to be shown to the user — typically as a pop-up notification presented by the desktop environment shell.

The key difference between GNotification and other similar APIs is that, if supported by the desktop environment, notifications sent with GNotification will persist after the application has exited, and even across system reboots.

Since the user may click on a notification while the application is not running, applications using GNotification should be able to be started as a D-Bus service, using Application.

In order for GNotification to work, the application must have installed a .desktop file. For example:


 [Desktop Entry]
 Name=Test Application
 Comment=Description of what Test Application does
 Exec=gnome-test-application
 Icon=org.gnome.TestApplication
 Terminal=false
 Type=Application
 Categories=GNOME;GTK;TestApplication Category;
 StartupNotify=true
 DBusActivatable=true
 X-GNOME-UsesNotifications=true
 

The X-GNOME-UsesNotifications key indicates to GNOME Control Center that this application uses notifications, so it can be listed in the Control Center’s ‘Notifications’ panel.

The .desktop file must be named as org.gnome.TestApplication.desktop, where org.gnome.TestApplication is the ID passed to Application(java.lang.String, org.gnome.gio.ApplicationFlags...).

User interaction with a notification (either the default action, or buttons) must be associated with actions on the application (ie: app. actions). It is not possible to route user interaction through the notification itself, because the object will not exist if the application is autostarted as a result of a notification being clicked.

A notification can be sent with Application.sendNotification(java.lang.String, org.gnome.gio.Notification).