How to make notification uncancellable/unremovable

Question

I want to make my Android notification stay even if user clicks it or clicks clear all...

Right now it stays sometimes, and gets removed sometimes, and I'm not sure what causes it.

Here's my code for the notification:

@TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN)
public static void createNotification()
{
    NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager)context.getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);

    NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(context)
                            .setContentTitle("Wolftech Field Agent")
                            .setContentText("Getting Status")
                            .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher)
                            .setOngoing(true)
                            .setAutoCancel(false);

    Intent intent = new Intent(context, FieldAgent.class);
    intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
    intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);

    TaskStackBuilder stackBuilder = TaskStackBuilder.create(context);
    stackBuilder.addParentStack(FieldAgent.class);
    stackBuilder.addNextIntent(intent);

    PendingIntent pendingIntent = stackBuilder.getPendingIntent(0,  PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

    builder.setContentIntent(pendingIntent);

    notificationManager.notify(NOTIFICATION_ID, builder.build());
}

public static void updateNotificationText(String inString)
{
    NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager)context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);

    NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(context)
                                            .setContentText(inString)
                                            .setContentTitle("Wolftech Field Agent")
                                            .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher)
                                            .setOngoing(true)
                                            .setAutoCancel(false);

    Intent intent = new Intent(context, FieldAgent.class);
    intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
    intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);

    TaskStackBuilder stackBuilder = TaskStackBuilder.create(context);
    stackBuilder.addParentStack(FieldAgent.class);
    stackBuilder.addNextIntent(intent);

    PendingIntent pendingIntent = stackBuilder.getPendingIntent(0,  PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

    builder.setContentIntent(pendingIntent);

    notificationManager.notify(NOTIFICATION_ID, builder.build());
}

public static void cancelNotification()
{
    NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager)context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);

    notificationManager.cancel(NOTIFICATION_ID);
}

Answer 1

I think you are looking for ongoing notifications, in that case if you are using NotificationCompat.Builder , you can use :

NotificationCompat.Builder mNotifyBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this);
mNotifyBuilder.setOngoing(true);

Answer 2

I believe that you are looking for this flag:

Notification.FLAG_NO_CLEAR

Add that flag to your notification.

Answer 3

you try

PendingIntent pendingIntent = stackBuilder.getPendingIntent(0,  PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
 notificationManager.cancel(pendingIntent);