A very frustrating issue while building an Ionic 4 app along with FCM plugin , is the inability to set a custom Notification Icon, with custom color. I figured out how to achieve this, so just wanted to share the solution with our beautiful StackOverflow community :)
So check out the solution to customize Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) Notification Icon and it's Color for Android platform, in my answer below.
I am using Ionic 4 + FCM plugin and here is what worked for me (November 2019). Please note that this solution is Android specific, i.e. the settings shown in this solution will help customize the Notification Icon look and feel on Android platform.
So let's begin in a series of steps:
1. In config.xml located in the root folder of your app: Example: (yourapp/config.xml)
Add the following to the <widget id=""...> tag at the end:
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
It should look something like this now:
<widget id="com.mydomain.app" version="1.0.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
Or simply, copy the above line, replace the value of widget id, with your own.
2. In the same config.xml file:
Within the tags: <platform name="android"> and </platform>, add this:
<resource-file src="res/drawable-xhdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" target="app/src/main/res/drawable/fcm_push_icon.png" />
<resource-file src="res/drawable-hdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" target="platforms/android/res/drawable-hdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" />
<resource-file src="res/drawable-mdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" target="platforms/android/res/drawable-mdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" />
<resource-file src="res/drawable-xhdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" target="platforms/android/res/drawable-xhdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" />
<resource-file src="res/drawable-xxhdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" target="platforms/android/res/drawable-xxhdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" />
<resource-file src="res/drawable-xxxhdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" target="platforms/android/res/drawable-xxxhdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" />
<resource-file src="colors.xml" target="app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml" />
<config-file parent="/manifest/application/" target="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml">
<meta-data android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_icon" android:resource="#drawable/fcm_push_icon" />
<meta-data android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_color" android:resource="#color/colorPrimary" />
</config-file>
3. Visit the following link:
Notification Icon Generator
Upload a White version (single color) of your logo on a Transparent background. If you upload a colored version, you will get a dark gray icon, which would look nasty. If you don't have a white version of your logo, get it designed. Leave the rest of the settings as they are. For the Name textbox value, enter: fcm_push_icon. Then click on the Blue colored round shaped button to download the zip file.
4. Unzip the zip file and copy contents to your app root folder:
Unzip the zip file that you just downloaded in the step above and extract its contents to a folder. You will notice that it contains a res folder. If you open this folder, it will contain other folders with the following names:
drawable-hdpi
drawable-mdpi
drawable-xhdpi
drawable-xxhdpi
drawable-xxxhdpi
Each of those folders will contain a PNG icon by the name "fcm_push_icon.png". The only difference between the icons in those different folders is their size.
5. Copy the res folder to project root:
Copy the res folder from the Point 4 above, to the root folder of your app. So it should look like this now:
yourApp/res/drawable-hdpi/fcm_push_icon.png
yourApp/res/drawable-mdpi/fcm_push_icon.png
yourApp/res/drawable-xhdpifcm_push_icon.png
yourApp/res/drawable-xxhdpi/fcm_push_icon.png
yourApp/res/drawable-xxxhdpi/fcm_push_icon.png
6. Create colors.xml in the root folder of your app:
Now create a new file called colors.xml in the root folder of your app. So it should look like this now:
yourApp > colors.xml
7. Copy following content into colors.xml:
Copy the following content into the file colors.xml that you created in the Step 6 above and save it.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<color name="colorPrimary">#3880ff</color>
<color name="colorAccent">#3880ff</color>
<color name="white">#FFFFFF</color>
<color name="ivory">#FFFFF0</color>
<color name="orange">#FFA500</color>
<color name="navy">#000080</color>
<color name="black">#000000</color>
</resources>
8. Change the value of colorPrimary:
Change the value inside the tags: <color name="colorPrimary"></color> to any color you like. For example, you can use:
<color name="colorPrimary">#eedd33</color>
9. Build your App:
That's it! Now just build your app. When the build runs, it will copy all the files from the src directory to the target directory and the app will read the contents from the target directory.
So from now on, whenever you send a notification on your Ionic based Android app, the receiver will see your Colored App icon in the notifications.
10. Enjoy!!!
AndroidManifest.xml duplicate line issue resolved!
I resolved this issue by adding a variable in package.json file.
Step 1: Visit the following link: Notification Icon Generator to generate your notification logo.
Step 2: If you open the zip file, you will get a "res" folder. Place the folder into your root directory
Step 3: "ANDROID_DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_ICON": "#drawable/fcm_push_icon" - Add this line in your package.json file.
For example:
"cordova-plugin-fcm-with-dependecy-updated": {
"ANDROID_DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_ICON": "#drawable/fcm_push_icon",
"ANDROID_FIREBASE_BOM_VERSION": "26.0.0",
"ANDROID_GOOGLE_SERVICES_VERSION": "4.3.4",
"ANDROID_GRADLE_TOOLS_VERSION": "4.1.0"
}
Step 4:
Add these lines in your config.xml Inside platform name="android"
<resource-file src="res/drawable-xhdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" target="app/src/main/res/drawable/fcm_push_icon.png" />
<resource-file src="res/drawable-hdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" target="platforms/android/res/drawable-hdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" />
<resource-file src="res/drawable-mdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" target="platforms/android/res/drawable-mdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" />
<resource-file src="res/drawable-xhdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" target="platforms/android/res/drawable-xhdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" />
<resource-file src="res/drawable-xxhdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" target="platforms/android/res/drawable-xxhdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" />
<resource-file src="res/drawable-xxxhdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" target="platforms/android/res/drawable-xxxhdpi/fcm_push_icon.png" />
That's it!
I followed Denver's solution too but I kept getting duplicate error in AndroidManifest while building the app so I removed this line from config.xml
<config-file parent="/manifest/application/" target="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml">
<meta-data android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_icon" android:resource="#drawable/fcm_push_icon" />
<meta-data android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_color" android:resource="#color/colorPrimary" />
</config-file>
and replaced it with
<config-file parent="./application" target="AndroidManifest.xml">
<meta-data android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_icon" android:resource="#drawable/fcm_push_icon" />
</config-file>
The app builds and the notification icon works.
Denver's solution worked for me greatly, but in compile time it gave AndroidManifest.xml duplicate line issues.
If anyone facing same issue like me:
Just delete
<config-file parent="/manifest/application/" target="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml">
<meta-data android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_icon" android:resource="#drawable/fcm_push_icon" />
</config-file>
In step 2: In my case, I am not bother about colors.
Add this in config.xml:
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-fcm-with-dependecy-updated" spec="^7.3.1">
<variable name="ANDROID_DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_ICON" value="#drawable/fcm_push_icon" />
</plugin>
I know this is old, but just in case someone faces the same error, with the latest version of IONIC (I´m using 6.12.2), I kept on having the same issue and looking in the file (AndroidManifest) which is located in PathToYourProject\platforms\android\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml
I had found that the "build" creates 2 metas with the same value
<meta-data android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_icon" android:resource="#drawable/fcm_push_icon" />
&&
<meta-data android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_icon" android:resource="#someOtherName" />
So, what you have to do is:
Add to your AndroidManifest, above the 2 meta-data:
Delete the other 2 meta-data
open the AndroidManifest with VSCode and when you build your project keep an eye on the build process. When you see "cordova.cmd build android", bring to the front your VSCode and wait until you see the 2 meta-data added again.
As soon as you see them, delete the one with a name different than "#drawable/fcm_push_icon".
Wait until the process finishes and test it. You are going to have the color push notification icon with the desired color as explained by #Devner.
Is there a way to create additional menus to a wabspace in Sulu CMS (1.6)? I only see the main manu in the options:
Thx a lot!
Andreas
You can add more navigations using the XML definition of a webspace. The default webspace from the sulu-minimal repository is located at app/Resources/webspaces/example.com.xml and already contains a navigation tag.
You can add more contexts like this:
<webspace>
<!-- other tags -->
<navigation>
<contexts>
<context key="main">
<meta>
<title lang="en">Main Navigation</title>
</meta>
</context>
<context key="footer">
<meta>
<title lang="en">Footer Navigation</title>
</meta>
</context>
</contexts>
</navigation>
<!-- other tags -->
</webspace>
I'm creating an add-in for VS, how to add icon getting from VS icon pack for the menu command button?
Getting icon from resource code example
<GuidSymbol name="testIcon" value="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000}">
<IDSymbol name="testIcon1" value="1" />
</GuidSymbol>
<Bitmap guid="testIcon" href="Resources\Icon.png" usedList="testIcon1"/>
<Button guid="guidAddIconCmdSet" id="cmdidMyCommand" priority="0x0100" type="Button">
<Parent guid="guidAddIconCmdSet" id="MyMenuGroup" />
<Icon guid="testIcon" id="testIcon1" />
<Strings>
<ButtonText>My Command name</ButtonText>
</Strings>
</Button>
Known Monikers - The set of image monikers contained in the Visual Studio Image Catalog and publicly consumable by any Visual Studio component or extension. This one is a good choice, let's try.
Firstly, include this library KnownImageIds.vsct in you .vsct file
Modify the code to add what icon you need around <Icon> tag
Add flag <CommandFlag>IconIsMoniker</CommandFlag>
For example, add VS "open folder" icon to your menu command
<Include href="KnownImageIds.vsct"/>
<Extern href="stdidcmd.h"/>
<Extern href="vsshlids.h"/>
<GuidSymbol name="testIcon" value="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000}">
<IDSymbol name="testIcon1" value="1" />
</GuidSymbol>
<Bitmap guid="testIcon" href="Resources\Icon.png" usedList="testIcon1"/>
<Button guid="guidAddIconCmdSet" id="cmdidMyCommand" priority="0x0100" type="Button">
<Parent guid="guidAddIconCmdSet" id="MyMenuGroup" />
<Icon guid="ImageCatalogGuid" id="OpenFolder" /> // icon id
<CommandFlag>IconIsMoniker</CommandFlag> // enable moniker
<Strings>
<ButtonText>My Command name</ButtonText>
</Strings>
</Button>
Browse Monkier icon id from here KnownMoniker id text
For more visualization, just install this VS add-in Moniker Browser
This 'solution' doesn't look to work any longer in the Luna version:
Copy path/file name in Eclipse to clipboard
This is actually a must have feature for a rich IDE!
You can use start explorer (alternate link) or Copy path plugin.
Short cut key to copy path to clipboard in star explorer is : Ctrl+Alt+
C
Standard eclipse eclipse doest have such key. You can select resource in Package/Project/Navigator view and press Alt+Enter to open property dialog and then copy path from here.
I am using Eclipse Java EE IDE for Web Developers.Version: Luna Release (4.4.0)
Build id: 20140612-0600
You can right mouse click on the file and select "Copy Qualified Name".
For this particular example, the path in clipboard is
/TestingProject/src/com/website/testing/App1.java
Use the EasyShell plugin
If using Eclipse 4.14 or later, from Dec 2019 or later, neither StartExplorer nor Path Tools nor Copy as Path works.
Instead, use EasyShell, which works great!
Instructions:
Unsure no text or code is selected.
Right-click anywhere in your open Eclipse file editor, including on empty space near your code, or in the Project Explorer pane.
Go to "EasyShell" --> "Copy Full Path to Clipboard", or "Copy Qualified Name to Clipboard" (see screenshot below).
You now have the file path copied. Paste it wherever you want.
Totally unrelated aside
Additional note: as far as good Ecliplse plugins go in general, I also highly recommend the DevStyle plugin, set to "Dark Gray (Darkest Dark)" Workbench theme, with the DevStyle "Editor theme" (syntax highlighting) set to Sublime Text 3 (Monokai), by Jeremy Shepherd <-- Update Feb 2020: dead links. Instead, I've copied and pasted the contents of Jeremy Shepherd's .xml file at the bottom of this answer.
Sublime Text 3 (Monokai) - by Jeremy Shepherd--theme-25808.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<colorTheme id="25808" name="Sublime Text 3 (Monokai)" modified="2014-04-11 19:52:55" author="Jeremy Shepherd">
<searchResultIndication color="#757575" />
<filteredSearchResultIndication color="#757575" />
<occurrenceIndication color="#000000" />
<writeOccurrenceIndication color="#000000" />
<findScope color="#111111" />
<deletionIndication color="#D25252" />
<sourceHoverBackground color="#000000" />
<singleLineComment color="#75715E" italic="false" />
<multiLineComment color="#75715E" italic="false" />
<commentTaskTag color="#CCDF32" italic="false" underline="true" strikethrough="false" />
<javadoc color="#76725E" italic="false" />
<javadocLink color="#76725E" italic="false" underline="true" strikethrough="false" />
<javadocTag color="#FD2971" italic="false" />
<javadocKeyword color="#C2BFA6" italic="false" />
<class color="#56D8F0" bold="false" underline="false" strikethrough="false" />
<interface color="#D197D9" />
<method color="#FFFFFF" />
<methodDeclaration color="#7BE12A" />
<bracket color="#D8D8D8" />
<number color="#7FB347" />
<string color="#E7DD6C" />
<operator color="#D8D8D8" />
<keyword color="#F12971" bold="false" />
<annotation color="#FFFFFF" />
<staticMethod color="#BED6FF" />
<localVariable color="#E7F8F2" />
<localVariableDeclaration color="#F12971" />
<field color="#7BE12A" />
<staticField color="#EFC090" />
<staticFinalField color="#EFC090" />
<deprecatedMember color="#D25252" underline="false" strikethrough="true" />
<enum color="#7BE12A" />
<inheritedMethod color="#BED6FF" />
<abstractMethod color="#BED6FF" />
<parameterVariable color="#79ABFF" />
<typeArgument color="#BFA4A4" />
<typeParameter color="#BFA4A4" />
<constant color="#EFB571" />
<background color="#272822" />
<currentLine color="#3E3D32" />
<foreground color="#F8F8F2" />
<lineNumber color="#72736A" />
<selectionBackground color="#757575" />
<selectionForeground color="#D0D0D0" />
</colorTheme>
Sublime Text 3 (Monokai) - by Jeremy Shepherd--theme-25808.epf:
Too long to post here. See my dotfiles project to download it instead.
Hi I am trying to use phonegap paypal android plugin
I am aware of the same issue raised on git hub but for previous version https://github.com/paypal/PayPal-Android-SDK-PhoneGap/issues/1
I did make the changes mentioned in readme that is
<feature name="PayPalMobile">
<param name="android-package" value="com.paypal.android.sdk.phonegap.PayPalMobilePGPlugin" />
</feature>
in file
but i am getting the same error
make sure you edit the correct config.xml res/xml/config.xml