Distriqt AIR Local Notification Ane - Delete old Notifications - mobile

Question

we try to implement the nice local notifications extension of distriqt.
With the deactivate event new notifications were set:
notification.id = int(Math.random()*100);
notification.tickerText = _asde + " asdasd!";
notification.title = _asde + " asd!";
notification.body = "asd!";
notification.iconType = NotificationIconType.APPLICATION;
notification.count = 0;
notification.repeatInterval = 0;
notification.vibrate = false;
notification.playSound = true;
notification.soundName = "assets/sounds/notification.mp3";
notification.delay = secondsToDeath;
notification.data = "Some notification data to attach "+notification.id;
try
{
Notifications.service.notify( notification.id, notification );
_count ++;
Notifications.service.setBadgeNumber( _count );
}
catch (e:Error)
{
}
If the user clicks on the app and deactivates it again, new notifications were set.
The old notifications are still available and are displayed but we want the old to be deleted.
We haven't found a method to unregister the old notifications.
Any idea?
private static const DEACTIVATE_NOTIFICATION_ID_4 : int = 4;
Is declared.
if(_GoodA == true){
setSpielenFertigDate.time = 2400000*(1-_aktuellerFreudeWert/_maximalerFreudeWert);
var secondsToSpielenFertig:int = int((setSpielenFertigDate.time)/ 1000);
trace("halloe" + _fernseherAn.toString());
notification4.id = DEACTIVATE_NOTIFICATION_ID_4;
notification4.tickerText = "He test it!";
notification4.title = "sdf is happy!";
notification4.body = "sdf test is on!";
notification4.iconType = NotificationIconType.APPLICATION;
notification4.count = 0;
notification4.repeatInterval = 0;
notification4.vibrate = false;
notification4.playSound = true;
notification4.soundName = "assets/sounds/notification.mp3";
notification4.delay = secondsToSpielenFertig;
notification4.data = "Some notification data to attach "+ notification4.id;
try
{
Notifications.service.notify( notification4.id, notification4 );
_count ++;
Notifications.service.setBadgeNumber( _count );
}
catch (e:Error)
{
}
}
else{
trace("halloe2" + _fernseherAn.toString());
setSpielenDate.time = 5100000*(_aktuellerFreudeWert/_maximalerFreudeWert);
var secondsToSpielen:int = int((setSpielenDate.time)/ 1000);
notification4.id = DEACTIVATE_NOTIFICATION_ID_4;
notification4.tickerText = "He tested it!";
notification4.title = "sdf is unhappy!";
notification4.body = "sdf test is off!";
notification4.iconType = NotificationIconType.APPLICATION;
notification4.count = 0;
notification4.repeatInterval = 0;
notification4.vibrate = false;
notification4.playSound = true;
notification4.soundName = "assets/sounds/notification.mp3";
//Sekunden bis Nachricht geschickt wird
notification4.delay = secondsToSpielen;
notification4.data = "Some notification data to attach "+notification4.id;
try
{
Notifications.service.notify( notification4.id, notification4 );
_count ++;
Notifications.service.setBadgeNumber( _count );
}
catch (e:Error)
{
}
}
If the deactivate event of the app is fired it traces the correct part of the if and else clause. But it won't update the body and title...

Answer 1

There are two ways to do this with our extension. Both involve tracking the ID of the notification.
The first is to track your last notification and "cancel" it from the notification area. To do this you need to store at least the ID of the last created notification. The part of the code that you're probably interested in is the cancel function, this removes a notification from the notification panel by specifying the id of the notification to remove.
Somewhere in your class declare a reference to the last notification:
private var _lastNotification : Notification;
Then in your deactivate handler:
var notification:Notification = new Notification();
notification.id = int(Math.random()*100);
notification.tickerText = "Deactivated";
notification.title = "TEST";
notification.body = "Application Deactivated";
if (_lastNotification != null)
Notifications.service.cancel( _lastNotification.id );
Notifications.service.notify( notification.id, notification );
// Set this to be the recent notification displayed
_lastNotification = notification;
The second option is to use a single notification id for all of your deactivate notifications. In this case you choose a constant ID to use for your notification and update the notification as required. The notification manager will not show an additional notification but simply update the one with the specified ID (or show it if it has been closed by the user).
private static const DEACTIVATE_NOTIFICATION_ID : int = 10;
var notification:Notification = new Notification();
notification.id = DEACTIVATE_NOTIFICATION_ID;
notification.tickerText = "Deactivated";
notification.title = "TEST";
notification.body = "Application Deactivated";
Notifications.service.notify( notification.id, notification );
Hope this helps!