Notification.MessagingStyle.SetGroupConversation(Boolean) Method

Definition

Namespace:: Android.App

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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Sets whether this conversation notification represents a group.

[Android.Runtime.Register("setGroupConversation", "(Z)Landroid/app/Notification$MessagingStyle;", "GetSetGroupConversation_ZHandler", ApiSince=28)]
public virtual Android.App.Notification.MessagingStyle? SetGroupConversation(bool isGroupConversation);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("setGroupConversation", "(Z)Landroid/app/Notification$MessagingStyle;", "GetSetGroupConversation_ZHandler", ApiSince=28)>]
abstract member SetGroupConversation : bool -> Android.App.Notification.MessagingStyle
override this.SetGroupConversation : bool -> Android.App.Notification.MessagingStyle

Parameters

isGroupConversation: Boolean

boolean: true if the conversation represents a group, false otherwise.

Returns

Notification.MessagingStyle

this object for method chaining

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Sets whether this conversation notification represents a group. If the app is targeting Android P, this is required if the app wants to display the largeIcon set with Notification.Builder.setLargeIcon(Bitmap), otherwise it will be hidden.

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Last updated 2026-08-03 UTC.

Android reference for android.app.Notification.MessagingStyle.setGroupConversation.

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