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Viktor Yakunin
Viktor Yakunin

Reputation: 3266

How to define if NotificationChannel was disabled by user (API 26)?

I updated my code to API v26, set up NotificationChannels and I can see my notifications, but I have logic regarding disabled notifications. Before 26 I have something like:

NotificationManagerCompat.from(context).areNotificationsEnabled()

And this seems to be not useful now. So how can one know if notification channel is disabled in the settings?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 1649

Answers (1)

Viktor Yakunin
Viktor Yakunin

Reputation: 3266

I found that new ChannelNotification approach doesn't replace old logic, it adds one more layer of control for notifications. So now we have 2 scenarios, see Screenshot:

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  1. You can define if notifications enabled: 

      NotificationManagerCompat.from(context).areNotificationsEnabled();

  2. You can define if your notification is visible to user:

      NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) 
  context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);       
  NotificationChannel notificationChannel = 
  notificationManager.getNotificationChannel(channelId);      
  int importance = notificationChannel.getImportance();

If importance is NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_NONE user will not see notification, but the notification is there, so you can use it with Foreground service and you should dismiss it. If importance is NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_MIN or higher user will see notification.

Upvotes: 10

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