Toast Notifications Not Showing Up on Nexus 7 Tablet

Question

I am trying to get a Toast notification to show up on my Nexus 7 tablet - however, they will not show. I use custom Toast messages throughout most of my app, but even something as simple as:

Toast.makeText(MyActivity.this, "generic toast message", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

is not working.

I have tested this app on other devices, including a Nexus 1 phone (2.3), MyTouch (2.2), and Acer Iconia tablet (4.0). The toast messages appear on all other devices except this Nexus 7 tablet (4.1).

Is there a user setting that allows the disabling of Toast notifications in an application? Or are Toast messages handled differently post-4.1? These are my only ideas currently. I've searched this problem on Google and haven't gotten a single link regarding a similar issue.

Did you try custom toast? developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/toasts.html — Yahor10
I can tell you that the Toast displayed at the end of the AsyncTask in this sample project works fine on my Nexus 7: github.com/commonsguy/cw-omnibus/tree/master/Threads/AsyncTask — CommonsWare
Yahor10: I am using custom toasts. I've actually followed that exact tutorial. These don't show either. CommonsWare: I tried showing a similar Toast at the end of one of my AsyncTasks - it still won't show (although I couldn't use the "getActivity()" method - I used mContext [set to "this" in the main activity] and MainActivity.this in place of that). — Mxyk

Aerilys Aerilys · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-21T13:51:29

Maybe this post can help you.

Sounds like a bug.

Edit: In case the link dies, essentially:

Go to Settings -> Apps -> My_App and locate a little box labeled "Show Notifications" underneath it. If it is unchecked, check it.

Toast Notifications Not Showing Up on Nexus 7 Tablet

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