useNotification

This section covers the useNotification function.

The useNotification hook in a web or mobile application handles the logic and functionality related to displaying notifications to users. These notifications can be alerts, messages, or updates related to various actions within the application, such as new messages, errors, successes, or system updates.

Features

Notification Types:

Supports multiple types of notifications, such as success, error, warning, info, or custom.
Allows the customization of each type with different icons, colors, and styles.

Triggering Notifications:

Provides functions to trigger notifications manually from different parts of the application.
Supports automated notifications based on events (e.g., a new message received, an order status update).

Customizable Appearance:

Allows customization of notification appearance, including position on the screen (e.g., top-right, bottom-left).
Supports different animation effects for showing and hiding notifications (e.g., fade, slide).
Offers custom templates or components for highly personalized notification designs.

Auto-Dismiss and Persistent Notifications:

Enables auto-dismiss for notifications after a specified time.
Supports persistent notifications that require user interaction to dismiss (e.g., clicking a close button).
Configures timeouts for auto-dismiss based on notification type or priority.

Notification Stacking and Queueing:

Manages multiple notifications at once, stacking them or displaying them in a queue.
Prevents overlapping notifications by queuing them if too many are displayed at once.
Supports different display strategies, such as replacing older notifications or stacking them vertically.

User Interaction:

Allows notifications to include interactive elements, such as buttons, links, or forms.
Supports click actions to perform specific tasks, like redirecting to a different page or triggering a function.
Handles swipe or drag actions for dismissing notifications on touch devices.

Contextual Notifications:

Displays notifications based on the user’s current context or page within the application.
Supports global notifications that appear across the entire application, regardless of context.
Integrates with specific components to trigger contextual notifications (e.g., form validation errors).

Notification History:

Keeps a history of notifications that users can access later.
Provides an interface to view and manage past notifications.
Offers filters to sort notifications by type, date, or importance.

Notification Sounds:

Plays sounds when specific notifications are triggered.
Allows customization of sounds based on notification type.
Supports user preferences to enable or disable notification sounds.

Push Notifications:

Integrates with push notification services (e.g., Firebase, OneSignal) to deliver notifications outside the app.
Handles permissions and user preferences for receiving push notifications.
Supports both foreground and background push notifications.

Error Handling:

Automatically triggers error notifications when exceptions or errors occur in the application.
Integrates with logging services to provide more detailed information about errors.
Offers retry options within the notification for recoverable errors.

Localization and Internationalization:

Supports localization of notification messages in different languages.
Adjusts date, time, and formatting based on the user’s locale settings.

Theming and Branding:

Adapts to the application’s overall theme and branding guidelines.
Supports light and dark modes, automatically adjusting notification styles.
Allows for branded notifications that align with the company’s visual identity.

Accessibility Features:

Ensures notifications are accessible to all users, including those with disabilities.
Provides ARIA attributes and screen reader support.
Allows customization of how notifications are announced or presented to users with specific needs.

Throttling and Rate Limiting:

Prevents overwhelming users with too many notifications in a short period.
Implements rate limiting to control the frequency of notifications.
Provides options to suppress non-critical notifications during high-traffic periods.

Usage

To use the useNotification function, follow these steps:

Installation: Install the necessary package using npm or yarn.
```
npm install backchannel-library
```

Import: Import the function into your project.

import { useNotification } from "backchannel-library";

Implementation: Implement the function in your code.

 import { useState } from 'react';

 function useNotification() {
   const [notifications, setNotifications] = useState([]);

   const showNotification = (message, type = 'info', options = {}) => {
     const id = Date.now();
     const newNotification = { id, message, type, ...options };
     setNotifications((prev) => [...prev, newNotification]);

     if (options.autoDismiss) {
       setTimeout(() => removeNotification(id), options.dismissTime || 5000);
     }
   };

   const removeNotification = (id) => {
     setNotifications((prev) => prev.filter((n) => n.id !== id));
   };

   return {
     notifications,
     showNotification,
     removeNotification,
   };
 }

 export default useNotification;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`paramName`	`type`	Description of the parameter

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