Another icon that we are going to copy from extracted zip file is the one in ‘drawable-xxxhdpi’ folder, which we are going to rename to ‘big_notification-icon.png’ and also put in ‘Icons’ folder. We are going to import only two icons from the zip and firstly the icon from ‘drawable-xhdpi’ folder and this icon we are going to rename to ‘small_notification_icon.png’, and put it in newly created ‘Icons’ folder. We are going to search for ‘videogame_asset’ (in ‘Clipart’ category) and download zip with notification icons in different resolutions.

Alignment: center (both horizontal and vertical)īefore we start making the class that will invoke method for scheduling a notification, let us import a custom notification icons.

We are also going to change some of the properties of ‘NotificationScheduledText’ game object: We can rename this ‘Text’ game object to ‘NotificationScheduledText’, so we’ll know for what this object is used. In an empty Unity project, we’ll add the most important plugin for enabling notifications on Android/iOS platforms, named ‘Mobile Notifications’, via Unity’s Package Manager:Īs a child of ‘Panel’ game object, we are going to add a ‘Text’ game object, that will be used for displaying a message when next notification is going to be scheduled. Otherwise they will stop playing the game or even worse, uninstall your game - and that’s what we are trying to prevent.Īt the bottom of this article you can find a sample app that we are going to build in this article, so if you want to check the sample right now you are free to do so. Notifications for inactivity are very useful for letting the users know that the game still exists on their phones and that they can resume gameplay. If user opens the game before this 3 days period is done, ‘old’ inactivity notification will be deleted and new inactivity will be scheduled for the next 3 days period. notification that will be scheduled and displayed 3 days after user didn’t started the game. In the sample application that we are going to build in this article, we are going to explore how we can display inactivity notification - i.e. For example, it can remind a user that he will receive some bonus if he returns to a gameplay, it can notify a user that some other player wants to play with him, it can be used to send some informations about discount for in-app purchase items in the game etc. In a context of a game, notification can be used in many different contexts. Users can tap the notification to open your app or take an action directly from the notification.² What are notifications and why they are important in applications or games?Ī notification is a message that Android displays outside your app’s UI to provide the user with reminders, communication from other people, or other timely information from your app.

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