Android Development: How to make a custom status bar Notification?

I've tried and tried today just to get a custom message with 2 buttons and a TextView. Ive got the XML alraight. But the code i tried to use just give me Force Close

RemoteViews contentView = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(), R.layout.main);
        contentView.setImageViewResource(R.id.Button01, R.drawable.icon);
        contentView.setTextViewText(R.id.Button01, "Hello, this message is in a custom expanded view");

Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(this, main.class);
        PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, notificationIntent, 0);

and im pretty lost so please dont send me to http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/notifications.html Ive tried.

Would be really happy if someone could show me from the beggining because i have litterly tried this all the day and would really really appreciate a good answer!

Thank you!

//Lukas

EDIT* FULL CODE TO VIKTOR

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Notification;
import android.app.NotificationManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.RemoteViews;

public class main extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    String ns = Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE;
    NotificationManager mNotificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(ns);

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        //setContentView(R.layout.main);

        int icon = R.drawable.icon;
        CharSequence tickerText = "Hello";
        long when = System.currentTimeMillis();

        Notification notification = new Notification(icon, tickerText, when);

        notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_ONGOING_EVENT;


        String ns = Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE;
        Notificat开发者_运维知识库ionManager mNotificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(ns);

        RemoteViews contentView = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(), R.layout.main);
        contentView.setImageViewResource(R.id.Button01, R.drawable.icon);
        contentView.setTextViewText(R.id.Button01, "Hello, this message is in a custom expanded view");


        notification.contentView = contentView;

        Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(this, main.class);
        PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, notificationIntent, 0);

        notification.contentIntent = contentIntent;
        final int CUSTOM_VIEW_ID = 1;
        mNotificationManager.notify(CUSTOM_VIEW_ID, notification);

    }
}

Stack trace:

04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337): couldn't inflate view for notification Com.haxxzor.multitask/0x1
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337): android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #1: Error inflating class android.widget.HorizontalScrollView
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:518)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:56)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:568)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:386)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:320)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at android.widget.RemoteViews.apply(RemoteViews.java:939)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at com.android.systemui.statusbar.StatusBarService.makeNotificationView(StatusBarService.java:524)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at com.android.systemui.statusbar.StatusBarService.addNotificationViews(StatusBarService.java:553)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at com.android.systemui.statusbar.StatusBarService.addNotification(StatusBarService.java:382)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at com.android.systemui.statusbar.CommandQueue$H.handleMessage(CommandQueue.java:178)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #1: Class not allowed to be inflated android.widget.HorizontalScrollView
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.failNotAllowed(LayoutInflater.java:530)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:477)
04-27 14:43:07.035: ERROR/StatusBarService(337):     ... 17 more
04-27 14:43:10.113: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(815): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
04-27 14:43:10.113: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(815): android.app.RemoteServiceException: Bad notification posted from package Com.haxxzor.multitask: Couldn't expand RemoteViews for: StatusBarNotification(package=Com.haxxzor.multitask id=1 tag=null notification=Notification(vibrate=null,sound=null,defaults=0x0,flags=0x2))
04-27 14:43:10.113: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(815):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1044)
04-27 14:43:10.113: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(815):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
04-27 14:43:10.113: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(815):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
04-27 14:43:10.113: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(815):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683)
04-27 14:43:10.113: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(815):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
04-27 14:43:10.113: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(815):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
04-27 14:43:10.113: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(815):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
04-27 14:43:10.113: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(815):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
04-27 14:43:10.113: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(815):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
04-27 14:47:12.065: ERROR/InputDispatcher(44): channel '40643090 com.notif/com.notif.main (server)' ~ Consumer closed input channel or an error occurred.  events=0x8
04-27 14:47:12.065: ERROR/InputDispatcher(44): channel '40643090 com.notif/com.notif.main (server)' ~ Channel is unrecoverably broken and will be disposed!
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.notif/com.notif.main}: java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateException: object not locked by thread before notify()
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1647)
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1663)
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:117)
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:931)
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683)
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateException: object not locked by thread before notify()
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     at java.lang.Object.notify(Native Method)
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     at com.notif.main.onCreate(main.java:27)
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1611)
04-27 14:47:31.551: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(885):     ... 11 more

Since you have posted the error message, this line tells you why you're not succeeding with the custom notification:

Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #1: Class not allowed to be inflated android.widget.HorizontalScrollView

Remove the HorizontalScrollView and just test with simple TextViews / ImageViews.