Cannot find symbol NOTIFICATION_SERVICE?

Question

package com.test.app;
import android.app.Notification;
import android.app.NotificationManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;

public class runOnBoot extends BroadcastReceiver{

   @Override
   public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {

          NotificationManager nm = (NotificationManager)getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
   }
}

When I try to build the package, it says

compile:
    [javac] Compiling 2 source files to /home/mrburns/Desktop/myapp/bin/classes
    [javac] /home/mrburns/Desktop/myapp/src/com/test/app/runOnBoot.java:14: cannot find symbol
    [javac] symbol  : variable NOTIFICATION_SERVICE
    [javac] location: class runOnBoot
    [javac]           NotificationManager nm = (NotificationManager)getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
    [javac]                                                                                           ^
    [javac] 1 error

BUILD FAILED

score 29 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 01 '12 at 09:54

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I found calling this way works:

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

answered Mar 01 '12 at 09:54

mcchots

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score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 27 '11 at 11:46

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This should be Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE:

NotificationManager nm = (NotificationManager)getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);

answered Jul 27 '11 at 11:46

Shlublu

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I see that is answer is currently being downvoted while it wasn't before. As it has been written in 2011, I suspect that some API updates make it deprecated though I didn't have time to check. – Shlublu Jun 29 '21 at 15:40

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 06 '22 at 16:35

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For those using Kotlin, the following line performs the same functionality as the other answers here.

val nm = context?.getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE) as NotificationManager

answered May 06 '22 at 16:35

RustinH

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this solution has helped me. I needed to add the context. – Prasanna Kumar Dec 14 '22 at 06:20

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 21 '16 at 04:10

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

edited Oct 21 '16 at 04:10

Linh

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answered Oct 20 '16 at 13:43

Luís Ledebour

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In addition to your code please add some text to explain why your answer works or how it is different from previous answers. – buczek Oct 20 '16 at 14:10

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 20 '23 at 17:04

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This should be

notificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(android.content.Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);

answered Jul 20 '23 at 17:04

Pratik Zagade

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score -2 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 27 '11 at 11:57

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You should better try this

 NotificationManager nm = (NotificationManager)getSystemService(getApplicationContext().NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);

answered Jul 27 '11 at 11:57

Shah

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NOTIFICATION_SERVICE is a `public static final String`. You do not need any instance of `Context` to use it. – Shlublu Jul 27 '11 at 12:21
it can be accessed in both ways :) If you are displaying the notification in Any web Service not in activity then you dont have the Context with you :) – Shah Jul 29 '11 at 06:14
You don't need any instance of Context. You statically call it from the class Context. – Shlublu Jul 29 '11 at 06:26

Cannot find symbol NOTIFICATION_SERVICE?

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