Prevent user from dismissing notification
AndroidNotificationsAndroid NotificationsDismissAndroid Problem Overview
Some apps have notifications which can´t be dismissed by swiping them away.
How can I manage such behaviour?
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
In addition to Andro Selvas answer:
If you are using the NotificationCompat.Builder, just use
builder.setOngoing(true);
Solution 2 - Android
Use the flag,FLAG_ONGOING_EVENT
to make it persistent.
Notification notification = new Notification(icon, tickerText, when);
notification.flags = Notification.FLAG_ONGOING_EVENT;
Also you can check, FLAG_NO_CLEAR
Solution 3 - Android
I used the below code to make my notification persistent:
> startForeground(yourNotificationId,notificationObject);
To make it dismissable, just do the below:
> stopForeground(true);