diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/p_vacho/neat_calendar/activities/NotificationsActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/p_vacho/neat_calendar/activities/NotificationsActivity.kt
index c1527b5..3a656e1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/p_vacho/neat_calendar/activities/NotificationsActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/p_vacho/neat_calendar/activities/NotificationsActivity.kt
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ class NotificationsActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         return fetchedEvents.associateBy { it.id }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Fetch both the incoming & outgoing (owned) invitations for the currently
+     * logged in user.
+     */
     private suspend fun fetchInvitations(): Map<String, InvitationResponse> {
         val userId = (application as MyApplication).tokenManager.userId
         if (userId == null) {
@@ -146,6 +150,13 @@ class NotificationsActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         return fetchedInvitations.associateBy { it.id }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A callback function passed to the Notification Adapter, to allow it to request
+     * a specific invitation by ID.
+     *
+     * This function only obtains the invitation from the pre-fetched invitations list,
+     * it will not make any new requests. Unknown IDs will result in null.
+     */
     private fun getInvitationData(invitationId: String, rvPosition: Int): InvitationResponse? {
         val ret = invitations[invitationId]
         if (ret == null) {
@@ -155,6 +166,13 @@ class NotificationsActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         return ret
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A callback function passed to the Notification Adapter, to allow it to request
+     * a specific event by ID.
+     *
+     * This function only obtains the events from the pre-fetched events list,
+     * it will not make any new requests. Unknown IDs will result in null.
+     */
     private fun getEventData(eventId: String, rvPosition: Int): EventResponse? {
         val ret = events[eventId]
         if (ret == null) {
@@ -164,6 +182,21 @@ class NotificationsActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         return ret
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A callback function passed to the Notification Adapter, to allow it to request
+     * a specific user by ID.
+     *
+     * This function obtains the users lazily, making a new API request whenever it
+     * encounters an unknown ID. After obtaining the user data, it will be cached and
+     * another request for the same user will not be made.
+     *
+     * Since the API call needs to be async, instead of making this function block, it
+     * will immediately return null at first, while the leaving the coroutine for the
+     * API fetching runs in the background. Once this request finished, if successful,
+     * the adapter will be notified about a change of this item, which will make it
+     * call this function again. This time though, it will return immediately from cache,
+     * without any making further API calls.
+     */
     private fun getUserData(userId: String, rvPosition: Int?): UserResponse? {
         return users.getOrPut(userId) {
             lifecycleScope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) {
@@ -198,6 +231,15 @@ class NotificationsActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A callback function passed to the Notification Adapter, triggered by clicking on one of the
+     * action buttons of the notification. (Currently, the only actions notifications support are
+     * invite related).
+     *
+     * The notification adapter should only call this function if the action is performable, so
+     * we shouldn't need to perform any additional checks for whether the requested action makes
+     * sense for given notification.
+     */
     private fun handleNotificationAction(notification: NotificationResponse, action: NotificationAdapter.Action, position: Int) {
         when (action) {
             NotificationAdapter.Action.ACCEPT -> {
@@ -247,6 +289,12 @@ class NotificationsActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A callback function passed to the Notification Adapter, triggered by clicking on the notification
+     * itself. This should mark the notification as read.
+     *
+     * The adapter should only call this function if the notification isn't already marked as read.
+     */
     private fun handleNotificationClick(notification: NotificationResponse, position: Int, sendToast: Boolean = true) {
         lifecycleScope.launch {
             val updatedNotification =
@@ -262,6 +310,11 @@ class NotificationsActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Attach an ItemTouchHelper to the recycler view adapter, to allow swiping
+     * of it's items. We only enable swiping to the right, which will trigger
+     * a deletion of that notification.
+     */
     private fun setupSwipeToDelete(adapter: NotificationAdapter) {
         val itemTouchHelper = ItemTouchHelper(object : ItemTouchHelper.SimpleCallback(0, ItemTouchHelper.RIGHT) {
             override fun onMove(
@@ -301,6 +354,12 @@ class NotificationsActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         itemTouchHelper.attachToRecyclerView(rvNotifications)
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This is a helper function to toggle the visibility of the empty state message
+     * when no notifications are available.
+     *
+     * This should be called whenever a notification was removed or added.
+     */
     private fun updateEmptyState() {
         val isEmpty = notifications.isEmpty()
         tvEmptyState.visibility = if (isEmpty) View.VISIBLE else View.GONE