Notification

Object Hierarchy:

Description:

public static int main (string[] args) {
	string summary = "Short summary";
	string body = "A long description";
	// = Gtk.Stock.DIALOG_INFO
	string icon = "dialog-information";

	Notify.init ("My test app");

	try {
		Notify.Notification notification = new Notify.Notification (summary, body, icon);
		notification.show ();
	} catch (Error e) {
		error ("Error: %s", e.message);
	}
	return 0;
}

valac --pkg libnotify basic.vala

public static int main (string[] args) {
	string summary = "Short summary";
	string body = "A long description";
	// = Gtk.Stock.DIALOG_INFO
	string icon = "dialog-information";

	Notify.init ("My test app");

	GLib.MainLoop loop = new GLib.MainLoop ();
	try {
		Notify.Notification notification = new Notify.Notification (summary, body, icon);
		notification.add_action ("action-name", "Quit", (notification, action) => {
			print ("Bye!\n");
			try {
				notification.close ();
			} catch (Error e) {
				debug ("Error: %s", e.message);
			}
			loop.quit ();
		});
		notification.show ();
		loop.run ();
	} catch (Error e) {
		error ("Error: %s", e.message);
	}
	return 0;
}

valac --pkg libnotify with-button.vala

Content:

Properties:

• public string app_name { owned get; set; }
• public string body { owned get; set construct; }
• public int closed_reason { get; }
• public string icon_name { owned get; set construct; }
• public int id { get; set construct; }
• public string summary { owned get; set construct; }

Creation methods:

• public Notification (string summary, string? body, string? icon)
  Creates a new Notification.

Methods:

• public void add_action (string action, string label, owned ActionCallback callback)
  Adds an action to a notification.
• public void clear_actions ()
  Clears all actions from the notification.
• public void clear_hints ()
  Clears all hints from the notification.
• public bool close () throws Error
  Synchronously tells the notification server to hide the notification on the screen.
• public unowned string get_activation_token ()
  If an an action is currently being activated, return the activation token.
• public int get_closed_reason ()
  Returns the closed reason code for the notification.
• public void set_app_name (string app_name)
  Sets the application name for the notification.
• public void set_category (string category)
  Sets the category of this notification.
• public void set_hint (string key, Variant? value)
  Sets a hint for key with value value.
• public void set_hint_byte (string key, uchar value)
  Sets a hint with a byte value.
• public void set_hint_byte_array (string key, uchar[] value)
  Sets a hint with a byte array value.
• public void set_hint_double (string key, double value)
  Sets a hint with a double value.
• public void set_hint_int32 (string key, int value)
  Sets a hint with a 32-bit integer value.
• public void set_hint_string (string key, string value)
  Sets a hint with a string value.
• public void set_hint_uint32 (string key, uint value)
  Sets a hint with an unsigned 32-bit integer value.
• public void set_icon_from_pixbuf (Pixbuf icon)
  Sets the icon in the notification from a Pixbuf .
• public void set_image_from_pixbuf (Pixbuf pixbuf)
  Sets the image in the notification from a Pixbuf .
• public void set_timeout (int timeout)
  Sets the timeout of the notification.
• public void set_urgency (Urgency urgency)
  Sets the urgency level of this notification.
• public bool show () throws Error
  Tells the notification server to display the notification on the screen.
• public bool update (string summary, string? body, string? icon)
  Updates the notification text and icon.

Signals:

• public virtual signal void closed ()
  Emitted when the notification is closed.

Inherited Members: