HeadsUp Notification not displayed on KitKat

Question

I have a notification, presented using the following code:

    // Create the notification
    android.app.Notification systemNotification = new NotificationCompat.Builder(context)
            // Set notification data and appearance
            .setContentTitle(notification.getNotificationLabel())
            .setContentText(notification.getMessage())
            .setSmallIcon(notification.getNotificationDrawable())
            .setWhen(new Date().getTime())

            // Set notification options
            .setCategory(NotificationCompat.CATEGORY_MESSAGE)
            .setPriority(NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_HIGH)
            .setDefaults(NotificationCompat.DEFAULT_ALL)
            .build()
    ;

    NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);

    notificationManager.notify(notification.getNotificationId(), systemNotification);

When run on Lollypop and newer, it works fine and the notification appears both in the status bar and as a popup notification as expected/desired. On Kitkat, the notification only appears in the status bar, there's no popup notification. I can still open the notification from the status bar and everything looks and works fine, it's just the popup notification that's missing.

Some of the things I've tried so far:

different options to setDefaults
different options to setPriority
verified that notifications are on in the system settings panel for the application

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 16 '16 at 15:39

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On Kitkat, the notification only appears in the status bar, there's no popup notification

That is because the heads-up notification behavior was added in Android 5.0 and did not exist in prior versions of Android.

answered May 16 '16 at 15:39

CommonsWare

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Thanks, that was pretty much my assumption, but I couldn't find anything that explicitly said so, particularly from Google. – David Berry May 16 '16 at 16:08
@DavidBerry: http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-5.0-changes.html#BehaviorNotifications – CommonsWare May 16 '16 at 16:11
Perfect! Just what I needed for QA. – David Berry May 16 '16 at 16:12

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 16 '16 at 15:39

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Ensure that you have popup notifications enabled on your KitKat device.

answered May 16 '16 at 15:39

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HeadsUp Notification not displayed on KitKat

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