old_contents: import xbmc
  import xbmcaddon
  
  __addon_id__= 'script.xbmcbackup'
  __Addon = xbmcaddon.Addon(__addon_id__)
  
  def data_dir():
      return __Addon.getAddonInfo('profile')
  
  def addon_dir():
      return __Addon.getAddonInfo('path')
  
  def openSettings():
      __Addon.openSettings()
  
  def log(message,loglevel=xbmc.LOGNOTICE):
      xbmc.log(encode(__addon_id__ + ": " + message),level=loglevel)
  
  def showNotification(message):
      xbmc.executebuiltin("Notification(" + encode(getString(30010)) + "," + encode(message) + ",4000," + xbmc.translatePath(__Addon.getAddonInfo('path') + "/icon.png") + ")")
  
  def getSetting(name):
      return __Addon.getSetting(name)
  
  def setSetting(name,value):
      __Addon.setSetting(name,value)
      
  def getString(string_id):
      return __Addon.getLocalizedString(string_id)
  
  def encode(string):
      return string.encode('UTF-8','replace')
  
new_contents: import xbmc
  import xbmcgui
  import xbmcaddon
  
  __addon_id__= 'script.xbmcbackup'
  __Addon = xbmcaddon.Addon(__addon_id__)
  
  def data_dir():
      return __Addon.getAddonInfo('profile')
  
  def addon_dir():
      return __Addon.getAddonInfo('path')
  
  def openSettings():
      __Addon.openSettings()
  
  def log(message,loglevel=xbmc.LOGNOTICE):
      xbmc.log(encode(__addon_id__ + ": " + message),level=loglevel)
  
  def showNotification(message):
      xbmcgui.Dialog().notification(encode(getString(30010)),encode(message),time=4000,icon=xbmc.translatePath(__Addon.getAddonInfo('path') + "/icon.png"))
  
  def getSetting(name):
      return __Addon.getSetting(name)
  
  def setSetting(name,value):
      __Addon.setSetting(name,value)
      
  def getString(string_id):
      return __Addon.getLocalizedString(string_id)
  
  def encode(string):
      return string.encode('UTF-8','replace')
  
subject: use xbmcgui.notification() part of #36