Android push title
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Android notification shade · Notification title
Android push title length checker (~40 characters)
Modeled on a 360dp-wide phone: 16dp card margins, 16dp padding and a 40dp icon leave about 256dp for one line of Roboto 14sp.
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The Android push title limit at a glance
- Limit
- about 40 characters (256px)
- How it’s counted
- By rendered width in Roboto at 14px, so wide letters use more room.
- When it’s too long
- Cut on screen with “…”
- Where the number comes from
- Truncly model
- Last reviewed
How to write for it
- Keep it under about 40 characters for the collapsed view.
Where you’ll see the Android push title
In the Android notification shade, the title is one line next to your app icon. Collapsed notifications show only this and one line of text.
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Common mistakes
- Assuming Android shows as much as iOS; the collapsed view is tighter.
FAQ
Android push title: questions
What is the Android notification title character limit?
Android doesn’t set a fixed number; it cuts by width. On a typical 360dp phone about 40 characters fit on the collapsed title line.
What happens if my notification title is too long?
Android notification shade still shows it, but cuts it with “…”, and anything past the cut is invisible to most people.
Why does the character count change?
This screen cuts by width, not characters. Wide letters like W and M use up to four times the room of i or l, so two texts of the same length can be cut in different places.