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Unity Android: NoClassDefFoundError: Can't create Notifications

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I found out, that the requirements for showing a notification consist of setting a content-title, a context-text and a small icon. The last of which I do not do. Unfortunately, I don't know, how to provide a small icon especially in unity.
Original Question
I'm currently trying to show a notification from a unity-instance via android. I want to show the notification, when the user enters a specific gps-area. Thus, the script should run, when the app is paused. That's why I want to use the android-functionality.
With this code, I currently try to show the notification manually:
public void createNotification(){
NotificationManagerCompat nManager = NotificationManagerCompat.from(curContext);
NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(curContext, CHANNEL_ID)
.setContentTitle("Stuff")
.setContentText("MoreStuff")
.setPriority(NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_DEFAULT);
nManager.notify(1551, builder.build());
}
The context is stored in a static variable and is set, when calling the method.
The function is called in C# with:
PluginInstance.Call("createNotification");
The PluginInstance works, the function can be called, but I get the error:
AndroidJavaException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Landroidx/core/app/NotificationManagerCompat

I found the solution for my problem: I used the Unity Android Jar-Resolver in which I provided the *Dependencies.xml (Where the * presents the Name of my project). In the *Dependenices.xml I specified: <androidPackage spec="androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0"> and run through the steps, provided in the Tutorial of the Resolver.
Afterwards, multiple dependencies appeared in my /Assets/Plugin/Android-Folder, which were successfully transferred to the app, when building it.

NLog application level variables

I'm tasked with a WPF app & have chosen NLog for our logging.
I note answers here and here I would like to do something similar but with .net Desktop & with more control.
I would like to set a guid once at app start and each log entry (at any level) have this guid included automatically, so I can search on that guid. Creating a new guid when the user logs in.
Going further it would actually be good knowledge to know if I can programmatically add any variables that get included with every Log I make, so I dont have to add them to each and every Log.AnyLevel, an example output:
DateTime | LoginID | SessionGuid | MyMessage
to get this output I like to only do:
logger.Trace("MyMessage")
LoginID & SessionGuid being set either when App starts or I instantiate a ViewModel or the User Logs in.
I note at present I can do this per log with
LogEventInfo
How can I add a variable once (from code) and have it always included?

You can setup a NLog GDC variable:
GlobalDiagnosticsContext.Set("AppGuid",Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
And then reference that in your layouts:
${gdc:item=AppGuid}
See also https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Gdc-layout-renderer

How to add the Application in TWAIN data source?

There are multiple ways and libraries available for Consuming TWAIN data source in C# window application but my requirement is to make my application TWAIN ready which will be used as TWAIN data source for calling application.

Please check the TWAIN Specification for more details. It can be downloaded from http://www.twain.org/
The Source
The Source receives operations either from the application, via the Source Manager, or directly from the Source Manager. It processes the request and returns the appropriate Return Code (the codes are prefixed with TWRC_) indicating the results of the operation to the Source Manager. If the originator of the operation was the application, then the Return Code is passed back to the
application as the return value of its DSM_Entry( ) function call. If the operation was unsuccessful, a Condition Code (the codes are prefixed with TWCC_) containing more specific information is set by the Source. Although the Condition Code is set, it is not automatically passed back. The application must invoke an operation to inquire about the contents of the Condition Code.
The implementation of the Source is the same as the implementation of the Source Manager:
On Windows
- The Source is a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) with a .ds extension.
DS_Entry is only called by the Source Manager. Written in C code form, the declaration looks like this:
TW_UINT16 TW_CALLINGSTYLE DS_Entry
( pTW_IDENTITY pOrigin, // source of message
TW_UINT32 DG, // data group ID: DG_xxxx
TW_UINT16 DAT, // data argument type: DAT_xxxx
TW_UINT16 MSG, // message ID: MSG_xxxx
TW_MEMREF pData // pointer to data
);

Get Direct Reports from Logged in user from Exchange

I need to get the direct reports from a logged in user (MVC 4)
I don't need the names of the direct reports but I do need their email addresses including their proxy addresses.
So for this reason I need to search through Exchange. I personally have never attempted to search Exchange in the past and everything I find out there tells me how to get from step 8 to the finish line but says nothing about how to go from step 1 to 8.
I can get the current users user name by simply
User.Identity.Name.Replace(#"yourdomain\", "")
and I have found this example which so far is probably the best example I have found
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff184617(v=office.15).aspx
but even with that example the line
Outlook.AddressEntry currentUser =
Application.Session.CurrentUser.AddressEntry;
is not actually getting the current user logged into the site.
I really hope someone out there is familiar with this and can get me past this point.

I reworked the sample from the URL as the following LINQPad 4 query. I've found that LINQPad is a great way to experiment because it is very scripty, allowing quick experimentation, and you can easily view data by using the Dump() extension method. Purchasing intellisense support is totally worthwhile.
Also, I noticed there is a lot of fine print like:
The logged-on user must be online for this method to return an AddressEntries collection; otherwise, GetDirectReports returns a null reference. For production code, you must test for the user being offline by using the _NameSpace.ExchangeConnectionMode property, or the _Account.ExchangeConnectionMode property for multiple Exchange scenarios.
and
If the current user has a manager, GetDirectReports() is called to return an AddressEntries collection that represents the address entries for all the direct reports of user’s manager. If the manager has no direct reports, GetDirectReports returns an AddressEntries collection that has a count of zero.
So there are a lot of assumptions like Exchange is configured properly with Direct Report relationships, and the current user is online...which I believe brings Lync into the equation. Hopefully this LINQPad query will be useful to you. Just copy and paste it into a text editor and name it with the .linq file extension. You'll then be able to open it in LINQPad 4. BTW: You're question caught my attention because there was talk recently at my work of pulling direct reports from Active Directory. I wish I could be more helpful...good luck.
<Query Kind="Program">
<Reference><ProgramFilesX86>\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Visual Studio Tools for Office\PIA\Office15\Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.dll</Reference>
<Reference><ProgramFilesX86>\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Visual Studio Tools for Office\PIA\Office15\Microsoft.Office.Interop.OutlookViewCtl.dll</Reference>
<Namespace>Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook</Namespace>
</Query>
void Main()
{
GetManagerDirectReports();
}
// Define other methods and classes here
private void GetManagerDirectReports()
{
var app = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application();
AddressEntry currentUser = app.Session.CurrentUser.AddressEntry;
if (currentUser.Type == "EX")
{
ExchangeUser manager = currentUser.GetExchangeUser().GetExchangeUserManager();
manager.Dump();
if (manager != null)
{
AddressEntries addrEntries = manager.GetDirectReports();
if (addrEntries != null)
{
foreach (AddressEntry addrEntry in addrEntries)
{
ExchangeUser exchUser = addrEntry.GetExchangeUser();
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.AppendLine("Name: " + exchUser.Name);
sb.AppendLine("Title: " + exchUser.JobTitle);
sb.AppendLine("Department: " + exchUser.Department);
sb.AppendLine("Location: " + exchUser.OfficeLocation);
sb.Dump();
}
}
}
}
}

I would suggest using EWS Managed API in conjunction with your code to get the direct reports for a user. As Jeremy mentioned in his response that you need to have your direct report relationships already set up. To help you get started, here some steps to get EWS Managed API up and running:
Download the latest version of EWS Managed API
Get started with EWS Managed API client applications to learn about how to reference the assembly, set the service URL, and communicate with EWS.
Start working with your code. If you need some functioning code to get you going, check out the Exchange 2013 101 Code Samples that has some authentication code already written and a bunch of examples you can modify to make your own.
If you have the email address or user name of the current user you can use the ResolveName() method to get to their mailbox to retrieve additional information. Here is an article to help with that method: How to: Resolve ambiguous names by using EWS in Exchange 2013
Essentially you want to get to the point where you can run a command similar to this:
NameResolutionCollection coll = service.ResolveName(NameToResolve, ResolveNameSearchLocation.DirectoryOnly, true, new PropertySet(BasePropertySet.FirstClassProperties));
If you give a unique enough value in the NameToResolve parameter you should only get back one item in the collection. With that, you can look at the direct reports collection within that one item and see not only the names of their direct reports, but their email addresses as well.
I hope this information helps. If this does resolve your problem, please mark the post as answered.
Thanks,
--- Bob ---

Dynamics NAV RTC : Command Line Parameter Passing

I am currently developing a system that will allow for an external piece of software to click a button and his will then execute some c#.net code that plans to call the Dynamics NAV RTC by using the following code.
Process.Start("Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Client.exe");
The external application contains variables that I would like to pass through to the NAV CRM.
Is there a way that i could do this by Passing the parameters like what you would with a web address similar to the way below:
Process.Start("Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Client.exe", "DynamicsNAV://localhost:7046/DynamicsNAV70/CRONUS%20UK%20Ltd./RunPage?Page=50000&No=10");
The above line doesn't work. I receive the followowing error:
Priming dictionary contains a key 'no' which is not allowed
Parameter name: primingDictionary
Does anyone in the community know how I could produce this functionality in a similar way?

you can use it like that:
ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo("Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Client.exe",
"DynamicsNAV://localhost:7046/DynamicsNAV70/CRONUS%20UK%20Ltd./RunPage?Page=50000&No=10");
Process.Start(psi);
the first argument is the process itself, the secomd is the argument.
you can change them as you'd like
you can learn on the argument NAV accept here

Yes, just call the overload of Process.Start() that takes input arguments:
Process.Start("Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Client.exe", "DynamicsNAV://localhost:7046/DynamicsNAV70/CRONUS%20UK%20Ltd./RunPage?Page=50000&No=10");