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Asked: 2026-06-17T08:18:55+00:00

How can I make a persistent notification, that will update every time the users

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How can I make a persistent notification, that will update every time the users sees it?
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    To show the notification when the Service is running, you call:

        startForeground(R.string.notification_id, myNotification);

    giving the method an ID for your service, and a Notification that you have created.

    At any point, your Service can update what the user sees by using the same R.string.notification_id and posting a new Notification:

        NotificationManager notificationManager = 
        (NotificationManager) getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
    notificationManager.notify(R.string.notification_id, myNotification);

    For creating a Notification, you need to read up on Notification.Builder (android docs here).

    There is also a good answer on a related question: How exactly to use Notification.Builder? Apologies for not reposting his answer, but it includes a lot of code and will sort you out.

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