DownloadManager.Request.setNotificationVisibility fails with jSecurityException: invalid value for visibility: 1

Question

I am trying to use the DownloadManager to download large PDF files from my app. I want notifications to be displayed during the download as well as when the download finishes. However setting the visibility causes above exception.

This error is different from this post DownloadManager.Request.setNotificationVisibility fails with jSecurityException: invalid value for visibility: 2

The other post is asking for help when setting the visibility to VISIBILITY_HIDDEN for which you need permission in the manifest. I am trying to set the visibility to DownloadManager.Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE_NOTIFY_COMPLETED like so:

public class DMnotifyTestActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    DownloadManager mgr = (DownloadManager) getSystemService(DOWNLOAD_SERVICE);
    long downloadID = mgr
        .enqueue(new DownloadManager.Request(Uri.parse("http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_reference_1-7.pdf"))
            .setNotificationVisibility(
                    DownloadManager.Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE_NOTIFY_COMPLETED)
            .setDestinationInExternalPublicDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS, "hello.pdf")
            .setDescription("my.test.pack Doc"));
}

}

Which results in this stacktrace:

E/AndroidRuntime(24794): Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Invalid value for visibility: 1
E/AndroidRuntime(24794):    at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1321)
E/AndroidRuntime(24794):    at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:182)
E/AndroidRuntime(24794):    at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:136)
E/AndroidRuntime(24794):    at android.content.ContentProviderProxy.insert(ContentProviderNative.java:447)
E/AndroidRuntime(24794):    at android.content.ContentResolver.insert(ContentResolver.java:721)
E/AndroidRuntime(24794):    at android.app.DownloadManager.enqueue(DownloadManager.java:877)
E/AndroidRuntime(24794):    at my.test.pack.DMnotifyTestActivity.onCreate(DMnotifyTestActivity.java:18)

Without setting visibility the code works fine. I have already attempted adding various permissions to the manifest, but still no go. This is targeting level 11 so honeycomb and up. Permissions I have tried are:

• android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION
• android.permission.SEND_DOWNLOAD_COMPLETED_INTENTS
• android.permission.ACCESS_DOWNLOAD_MANAGER
• android.permission.ACCESS_DOWNLOAD_MANAGER_ADVANCED

Answer 1

Here's my hack to overcome this bug in Honeycomb tablets (Version: 3.2 or API Level: 13):

Request req = new Request(Uri.parse(url));
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB_MR2)
{
    req.setNotificationVisibility(Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE_NOTIFY_COMPLETED);
}
else
{
    req.setNotificationVisibility(Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE);
}

Ah... the fun with Android!

Answer 2

if you want to use 'VISIBILITY_HIDDEN',you should add this permission in androidManifest.xml

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION"/>