Plugin.LocalNotification

March 29, 2026 · View on GitHub

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The local notification plugin provides a way to display local notifications in .NET MAUI apps.

Setup

Plugin.LocalNotification Available on
.Net MAUI
- Install Version 10.0.0 above
- Install into your project
Xamarin.Forms (Support ended on May 1, 2024)
- Install Version 11.0.0 below
- Install into your platform-specific projects (iOS/Android), and any .NET Standard 2.0/2.1 projects required for your app.

Feature	net10.0-ios	net10.0-android
Build SDK	>= 15	>= API 36
Supported OS Version	>= 15	>= API 21
Title	✅	✅
Description	✅	✅
Subtitle	✅	✅
Schedule	✅	✅
Repeat	✅	✅
Custom Sounds	✅	✅
Images	✅	✅
Notification Actions	✅	✅
Clear Delivered Notifications	✅	✅
Get Pending Notifications	✅	✅
Get Delivered Notifications	✅	✅
Location Notifications	✅	✅
App Launch Detection	✅	✅
Notification Channels	❌	✅
Notification Styles (Inbox, Messaging, BigText, BigPicture)	❌	✅
Chronometer / Timer Display	❌	✅
Colorized Notifications	❌	✅
Audio Attribute (sound routing control)	❌	✅
LED Lighting (colour + blink timing)	❌	✅
Foreground Service (persistent background-work notification)	❌	✅

Guide	Description
Notification Channels	Create and manage notification channels (API 26+)
Notification Styles	Inbox, Messaging, Chronometer, Colorized, Audio Attributes, LED
Notification Groups	Group related notifications under a summary
Icon Customisation	Custom small and large notification icons
Foreground Service	Persistent notification while background work is running

In Visual Studio, confirm that SourceLink is enabled. Also, turn off "Just My Code" since, well, this isn't your code.

Only support iOS and Android for the moment.

Contributions are welcome. Feel free to file issues and pull requests on the repo and they'll be reviewed as time permits.