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Persistant android notification, disappears after closing application

My android notification disappears after closing my app :/ Why? I want to create a persistant notification that will disappear after clicking on it, not after closing the application that creates this notification. Someone can help?
MainActivity class:
private void createNotification() {
Intent intent = new Intent(this, eTutorActivity.class);
PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, intent, 0);
Bitmap icon = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.mipmap.ic_launcher);
Notification noti = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this)
.setContentTitle("xxx")
.setContentText("xxx")
.setTicker("xxx")
.setSmallIcon(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_info)
.setLargeIcon(icon)
.setOngoing(true)
.setAutoCancel(true)
.setContentIntent(pIntent)
.build();
NotificationManager notificationManager =
(NotificationManager) getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
notificationManager.notify(0, noti);
}
MainActivity class onCreate action:
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
..
createNotification()
..
}
EDIT:
Nexus 7 Android 5.1 is working correctly
Nexus 5 Android 6.0.1 is working correctly too
Xioami Redmi Note 2 Android 5.0.2 with MIUI 7.3.2.0 is NOT working and notification disappears after killing application.

Use this :
noti.flags |= Notification.FLAG_NO_CLEAR | Notification.FLAG_ONGOING_EVENT;
notificationManager.notify(0, noti);
hope it helps!!!

How can I update existing notifications in Android ?

I am using the following code for displaying notification . Upon displaying the notification , I go to the activity if I click in the notifications .
void Notify(String notificationTitle, String notificationMessage){
NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
Notification notification = new Notification(R.drawable.noti, notificationTitle,System.currentTimeMillis());
Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(this, SmsActivity.class);
notificationIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP
| Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);
PendingIntent intent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0,
notificationIntent, 0);
notification.setLatestEventInfo(this, notificationTitle,notificationMessage, intent);
notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
notificationManager.notify(0, notification);
}
Now I want to update the text of notifications . How can I do that ?

You can try this
//First time
NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(context)
.setContentText(context.getString(R.string.notif_text))
.setContentTitle(title)
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_action_alarm_2)
.setAutoCancel(false)
.setOngoing(running)
.setOnlyAlertOnce(true)
.setContentIntent(
PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 10,
new Intent(context, YourActivity.class)
.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP),
0)
)
notificationManager.notify(id, builder.build());
//Second time
builder.setContentTitle(title);
notificationManager.notify(id, builder.build());

Send notification with same id:
https://developer.android.com/training/notify-user/managing.html

You can update the text of notification by sending different text in Notify(String notificationTitle, String notificationMessage) method.

The problem in approach suggested here is that if user already responded to this notification he could see it again, so you'd better to show it once instead.
So I wouldn't recommend to use this API at all in order to update your notifications.
If you are using it for that purpose you probably just exchange one bug for another.

Instead of passing 0 as notification ID, send some other number and trigger another notification with the same ID.
The existing one will be updated.

How to make android lollipop notification dismissable on lockscreen?

On lollipop, If the user has a pin set then some notifications aren't able to be swiped away. they act like a persistent notification when attempting to be dismissed.
Some apps notifications are able to be swiped away on the lockscreen without unlocking.
I have only tested this with hide sensitive notification content, does a flag set change this ability?
How do I achieve this?

This flag makes your notification stick:
Notification.FLAG_ONGOING_EVENT;
If you leave it out you can remove it. If you put it in, it sticks.
FYI: How I make my notifications:
//These are parameters for setting up the tag in the tray
private static final String NOTIFICATION_ID_TAG="notificationID";
private static final int NOTIFICATION_ID=123456;
public void createNotification() {
// Prepare intent which is triggered if the
// notification is selected
Intent intent = new Intent(this, MainActivity_Host.class);
intent.putExtra(NOTIFICATION_ID_TAG, NOTIFICATION_ID);
PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, intent, 0);
// Build notification
Notification noti = new Notification.Builder(this)
.setContentTitle("Service Running")
.setContentText("The service is running").setSmallIcon(R.mipmap.ic_launcher)
.setContentIntent(pIntent)
.build();
NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
//THIS FLAG MAKES THE NOTIFICATION STICK = YOU CAN'T SWIPE IT AWAY... IF YOU LEAVE IT OUT YOU CAN REMOVE THE NOTIFICATION
noti.flags |= Notification.FLAG_ONGOING_EVENT;
notificationManager.notify(NOTIFICATION_ID, noti);
}
This is how you can remove the notification from within the code:
//Erase the notification that we set up when the service started
NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager)getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
notificationManager.cancel(NOTIFICATION_ID);
As you see, you can get the notification from the NotificationManager by the NOTIFICATION_ID you used to make it. This is just a number i made up.

Transaction to a specific fragment if we receive a push notification while app is running

Is it possible not launch new activity if we receive a push notification while the app is running?
My activity works with fragments and I want to do transition to a determinate fragment when the notification is received. My activity have data that I need to show the fragments. The problem is that when I receive the push notification while the app is running the method onDestroy is called and here I clear the data and then the app crash because the data are null. How can I do to not create new activity when the app receive a push notification while is running? In case the app is running I want that if you click the notification do a transition fragment, not create again the activity.
Thanks in advance.

First of all, I think that you mean "notification" to be a "message", but not android.app.Notification class.
And second, I don't think it's a best practise to raise new GUI when receiving a message, which would interrupt the user interaction. For details, please refer to: http://developer.android.com/training/notify-user/index.html and http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/notifications.html.
At last, if you really wanna do what you stated in your thread, I wonder why the data used to generate the show-data fragment is held in the activity. Try holding the data in an android.app.IntentService object, and then generate transfer the data to new activity, and then use android.app.Fragment.setArguments method to transfer the data from activity to fragment.

I think that this code will help you. This which you need is PendingIntent, it make transaction to desired activity.
/**
* Issues a notification to inform the user that server has sent a message.
*/
private static void generateNotification(Context context, String title,
String message) {
//get the default notification sound URI
Uri uriNotificationSound = RingtoneManager.getDefaultUri(RingtoneManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION);
//make intent to the application. if the application is opened just maximize it.
Intent homeIntent = new Intent(context, 'your desired activity');
homeIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_REORDER_TO_FRONT);
PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0,
homeIntent, 0);
NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder =
new NotificationCompat.Builder(context)
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher)
.setContentTitle("eCommCongress")
.setContentText(message)
.setLights(Color.GREEN, 1500, 1500)
.setSound(uriNotificationSound)
.setAutoCancel(true)
.setContentIntent(contentIntent);
NotificationManager mNotificationManager =
(NotificationManager) context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
// mId allows you to update the notification later on.
mNotificationManager.notify(counter, mBuilder.build());
counter++;
}

It is perfectly possible and I do such a thing in one of my apps. First, you need to declare your activity as android:launchMode="singleTop",
Then, when you build you must configure your pending intent not to fire a new instance of your activity:
mNotificationManager = (NotificationManager)
this.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
Intent intent = new Intent("YOUR ACTION HERE");
intent.setClassName(this, MainActivity.class.getName());
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);
PendingIntent resultPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(getApplicationContext(), 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this);
mBuilder.setContentIntent(resultPendingIntent);
Notification notification = mBuilder.build();
notification.defaults |= Notification.DEFAULT_VIBRATE | Notification.DEFAULT_LIGHTS;
notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_SHOW_LIGHTS | Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
mNotificationManager.notify(idNotificacion,notification);
Now all you have to do is to override your onNewIntent inside your Activity and do whatever you want with your fragment:
#Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
MiLog.i(getApplicationContext(),"IntentShit","new intent received");
MiLog.i(getApplicationContext(),"IntentShit","Action: "+intent.getAction());
if(intent.getAction()!=null && intent.getAction().equals("YOUR ACTION HERE"){
//DO your stuff here
}
}
You should also take a look at this page for more info:
http://www.intridea.com/blog/2011/6/16/android-understanding-activity-launchmode

Android Notification intent to clear it self

I have read many examples of how to create notification messages.
What i wanted to achieve, is because the notification will be executed by a widget, i would like
the notification intent when clicked to clear it self when the user clicks on it.I do not have an activity to return to.
The notification for my purposes will just plainly notify, nothing else.
So what would be the code of an intent that just clear/cancel itself.
The code below is an activity launched by a button(button code not included) the notification will be fired up by a background service.
CharSequence title = "Hello";
CharSequence message = "Hello, Android!";
final NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
final Notification notification = new Notification(R.drawable.icon,"A New Message!",System.currentTimeMillis());
notification.defaults=Notification.FLAG_ONLY_ALERT_ONCE+Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(this, AndroidNotifications.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0,notificationIntent, 0);
notification.setLatestEventInfo(AndroidNotifications.this, title,message, pendingIntent);
notificationManager.notify(NOTIFICATION_ID, notification);
Thanks

Check out FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL
Bit to be bitwise-ored into the flags field that should be set if the notification should be canceled when it is clicked by the user.
EDIT :
notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;

Set the flags in notification.flags instead of notification.defaults.
Example:
notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_ONLY_ALERT_ONCE | Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;

If you're using NotificationCompat.Builder (a part of android.support.v4) then simply call its object's method setAutoCancel
NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(context);
builder.setAutoCancel(true);
Some guys were reporting that setAutoCancel() did not work for them, so you may try this way as well
builder.build().flags |= Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;

The only way I can see of doing this is to have your Notification's Intent point to a background Service. When this Service is launched, it would clear the given Notification using NotificationManager.cancel(int id). The Service would then stop itself. It's not pretty, and would not be easy to implement, but I can't find any other way of doing it.

/**
Post a notification to be shown in the status bar.
Obs.: You must save this values somewhere or even pass it as an extra through Intent to use it later
*/
notificationManager.notify(NOTIFICATION_ID, notification);
/**
Cancel a previously shown notification given the notification id you've saved before
*/
notificationmanager.cancel(NOTIFICATION_ID);

Using setContentIntent should solve your problem:
.setContentIntent(PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, new Intent(), 0));
For example:
NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder= new NotificationCompat.Builder(this)
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.notification_icon)
.setContentTitle("title")
.setAutoCancel(true)
.setContentText("content")
.setContentIntent(PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, new Intent(), 0));
NotificationManager notificationManager= (NotificationManager)getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
notificationManager.notify(0, mBuilder.build());
Often you might want to direct the user to the relevant content and so might replace 'new Intent()' with something else.