diff --git a/example/index.android.js b/example/index.android.js
index af61676b881910c1ab04d39b61ed1f9c70838da9..5c7faaf0f0b4e64e8dc20af7d27ea4310f481b48 100644
--- a/example/index.android.js
+++ b/example/index.android.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   StyleSheet,
   Text,
   View,
+  Button,
   TouchableHighlight
 } from 'react-native';
 
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ class MainComponent extends Component {
         <TouchableHighlight onPress={() => this.onCheckPermissions()}>
           <Text style={styles.plainButtonText}>Check permissions</Text>
         </TouchableHighlight>
+        <Button title={'Send local notification'} onPress={this.sendLocalNotification} testID={'sendLocalNotification'}/>
       </View>
     )
   }
@@ -142,6 +144,14 @@ class MainComponent extends Component {
     }
   }
 
+  sendLocalNotification() {
+    NotificationsAndroid.localNotification({
+      title: "Local notification",
+      body: "This notification was generated by the app!",
+      extra: "data"
+    });
+  }
+
   onPushRegistered() {
   }