Updating an ongoing notification quietly
I too experienced this issue, and with help of previous comments and a bit of digging I have found the solution.
If you do not want notifications to flash when updated, or to continuously hog the status bar of the device,you must:
- Use setOnlyAlertOnce(true) on the builder
- Use the SAME Builder for each update.
If you use a new builder each time, then I am guessing Android has to rebuild the view all over again causing it to briefly disappear.
An example of some good code:
class NotificationExample extends Activity {
private NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this);
private mNotificationManager =
(NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
//Different Id's will show up as different notifications
private int mNotificationId = 1;
//Some things we only have to set the first time.
private boolean firstTime = true;
private updateNotification(String message, int progress) {
if (firstTime) {
mBuilder.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.icon)
.setContentTitle("My Notification")
.setOnlyAlertOnce(true);
firstTime = false;
}
mBuilder.setContentText(message)
.setProgress(100, progress, true);
mNotificationManager.notify(mNotificationId, mBuilder.build());
}
}
With the above code, you can just call updateNotification(String, int) with a message and progress (0-100) and it will update the notification without annoying the user.
You should update existing notification https://developer.android.com/training/notify-user/build-notification.html#Updating