Since yesterday I have an issue on Android 4.2 when I receive push notifications it requires the permission even if i don't set it to vibrate
Notification notification = new Notification(icon, notificationItem.message, when);
notification.setLatestEventInfo(context, "App", notificationItem.message,
PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, intent, 0));
notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
notification.defaults |= Notification.DEFAULT_SOUND;
NotificationManager nm =
(NotificationManager)context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
nm.notify(notificationItem.notificationID, notification);
the exception is raised by nm.notify
I have this issue in two different apps and i never modify the code
This was a bug in Android 4.2 due to a change in the notification vibration policy; the permission bug was fixed by this change in 4.2.1.
I got the same Exception in Jelly Bean 4.1.2, then following changes I made to resolve this
1.added permission in manifest file.
<uses-permission
android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"></uses-permission>
2.Notification Composing covered by Try-Catch
try
{
mNotificationManager = (NotificationManager)
this.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(
this)
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_notif_alert)
.setContentTitle(getResources().getString(R.string.app_name))
.setStyle(new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle().bigText(msg))
.setContentText(msg)
.setStyle(bigTextStyle)
.setDefaults(Notification.DEFAULT_SOUND | Notification.DEFAULT_VIBRATE);
mBuilder.setAutoCancel(true);
mBuilder.setContentIntent(contentIntent);
mNotificationManager.notify(NOTIFICATION_ID, mBuilder.build());
Log.d(TAG, "---- Notification Composed ----");
}
catch(SecurityException se)
{
se.printStackTrace();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
Since this bug only occurs on Android 4.2 and 4.3 you might use this as a workaround (i.e. include the maxSdkVersion):
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" android:maxSdkVersion="18"/>
Note: the maxSdkVersion attribute was only added in API level 19, which in this case is luckily exactly the minimum we want! In theory we could put any value <= 18 to get the same effect, but that would be nasty.