Use drawable animation as large icon in notification android?

Question

I'm using Xamarin Android with C#.

In the notification builder I can set a large icon like this:

(Not mine picture)

            NotificationCompat.Builder notbuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this, "0");
            notbuilder.SetSmallIcon(Resource.Drawable.miconNotify);
            notbuilder.SetColor(GetColor(Resource.Color.notifyColor));
            notbuilder.SetContentText("DownloadText");
            notbuilder.SetContentTitle("DownloadTitle");
            notbuilder.SetLargeIcon(WHAT_COMES_HERE); //<----------- (needs a Bitmap)

Is it possible to animate the large icon somehow (like the Google Play Store while downloads does)? I've tried to use a animation list xml but I found no way to start it.

Answer 1

Found a realy simple solution:

            NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this, "0");
            builder.SetSmallIcon(Resource.Drawable.miconNotify);
            builder.SetColor(GetColor(Resource.Color.notifyColor));
            builder.SetContentText("Download1");
            builder.SetContentTitle("DownloadTitle");
            builder.SetLargeIcon(BitmapFactory.DecodeResource(Resources, Resource.Drawable.NotifyAnim0));

            NotificationManager manager = (NotificationManager)GetSystemService(Context.NotificationService) as NotificationManager;
            manager.Notify(0, builder.Build()); //Notify for the first time

            bool DownloadFinished = false;

            Task TaskA = new Task(() => 
            {
                while (!DownloadFinished)
                {
                    Thread.Sleep(200);
                    builder.SetLargeIcon(BitmapFactory.DecodeResource(Resources, Resource.Drawable.NotifyAnim0)); //Pic 1
                    manager.Notify(0, builder.Build());
                    Thread.Sleep(200);
                    builder.SetLargeIcon(BitmapFactory.DecodeResource(Resources, Resource.Drawable.NotifyAnim1)); //Pic 2
                    manager.Notify(0, builder.Build());
                    Thread.Sleep(200);
                    builder.SetLargeIcon(BitmapFactory.DecodeResource(Resources, Resource.Drawable.NotifyAnim2)); //Pic 3
                    manager.Notify(0, builder.Build());
                    Thread.Sleep(200);
                    builder.SetLargeIcon(BitmapFactory.DecodeResource(Resources, Resource.Drawable.NotifyAnim3)); // Pic 4
                    manager.Notify(0, builder.Build());
                    Thread.Sleep(200);
                    builder.SetLargeIcon(BitmapFactory.DecodeResource(Resources, Resource.Drawable.NotifyAnim4)); //Pic 5
                    manager.Notify(0, builder.Build());
                }
            });
            TaskA.Start();

Be sure you are using NotificationCompat.Builder! The task runs parallel and the app works just normal. To stop the animation just set DownloadFinished to true.