Android Question Notification bar and foreground service

Semen Matusovskiy · Nov 5, 2018

To workaround Oreo's limitations, I decided to add a line
If SdkVersion >= 26 Then Service.AutomaticForegroundMode = Service.AUTOMATIC_FOREGROUND_ALWAYS

To my surprise I noticed additional icon in status bar and a dummy notification from my app in notification bar.
If to remove a line, which I added to service, dummy notification and icon in status bar will disappear.

So, I completely sure that dummy notification is a side effect of Service.AUTOMATIC_FOREGROUND_ALWAYS.
Is it possible to avoid similar effect ?

Erel · Nov 6, 2018

Semen Matusovskiy said:
To workaround Oreo's limitations, I decided to add a line

This is not needed. The default mode is enough to properly start services in the background.

You should read this tutorial: Automatic Foreground Mode

Semen Matusovskiy · Nov 6, 2018

This is not needed. The default mode is enough to properly start services in the background.

Erel --

Do you want to say that FLP (and first of all GPS) will work normally in background, unlike https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/background-location-limits talks

Affected APIs
Fused Location Provider (FLP)

If your app is running in the background, the location system service computes a new location for your app only a few times each hour. This is the case even when your app is requesting more frequent location updates.

Erel · Nov 6, 2018

My answer was relevant to the information included in the first post. If you want to run something in the background then you need a foreground service. This is not new to Android 8.

Semen Matusovskiy · Nov 6, 2018

In my first post l told about Oreo+ (SDK 26+). I know that it,'s possible to replace dummy notification. But is it possible to remove the notification at all?

Erel · Nov 7, 2018

It is not related to Android 8. It was always true that if you want your service to keep running in the background then it needs to be a foreground service. A foreground service always has to show a notification.

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