Android foreground service notification replace

Question

if I start a service with startForeground(myID, not), can I replace the not for another one without stopping the foreground process? I mean, I have a service that will do two task in a row before service ends, and I want to notify user when the first ends without the need to stop foreground Service?

Also, is it possible to start a foreground service with no notification (i.e. NULL).

any stretegy I can use instead of? thanks.

Answer 1

The general answer to your question is to use the NotificationManager.notify() method using the same id passed into the startForground() method when starting the service.

Also worth noting :

• Updating the notification will NOT remove the service's foreground status.
• You cannot cancel the notification using the NotificationManager.notify. Instead you must call stopForeground() which removes the service's foreground status as well.

Refer to the answer given by Luca and the discussion under CommonsWare's answer, as well as the answers given in by Lorne Laliberte and dmmh.

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