Adding text to a notification icon

Question

I want to make a notification icon with text over it, to show for example the percent battery remaining. Is there a way to do that that doesn't involve 100+ separate icons?

I've looked all over but couldn't find a way.

Thanks

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 16 '12 at 20:20

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100+ separate icons unfortunately. Because of security reasons android only accepts resource IDs that also must not be custom resource type.

Would be happy to know if I'm wrong though.

answered Dec 16 '12 at 20:20

aragaer

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Ok then, next question: Is there any way of quickly generating 100 similar icons? – yedidyak Dec 18 '12 at 08:50
That's where you can use android canvases and save bitmaps to file. In a separate application of course. – aragaer Dec 18 '12 at 11:49
No news for this for the modern age (2022)? – Luis A. Florit Jun 11 '22 at 14:25

Adding text to a notification icon

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