So far, I've adjsuted my code to use ContextCompat.startForegroundService(context, intentService);
to start my service. This way, it works on android < 26 and on android 26 (Oreo) as well.
I still see a difference, in android oreo I don't see my custom foreground notification (I only see the "app is running in the background" notification). Do I have to adjust anything there as well?
My service looks like this:
public class BaseOverlayService extends Service {
@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
moveToForeground();
}
private void moveToForeground() {
Notification notification = ...;
super.startForeground(NOTIFICATION_ID, notification);
}
}
Official example
This example (https://github.com/googlesamples/android-play-location/blob/master/LocationUpdatesForegroundService/app/src/main/java/com/google/android/gms/location/sample/locationupdatesforegroundservice/LocationUpdatesService.java#L200) shows as comment, that I should use following, but startServiceInForeground
does not exist...
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT == Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
NotificationManager mNotificationManager = ((NotificationManager) getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE));
mNotificationManager.startServiceInForeground(new Intent(this, BaseOverlayService.class), NOTIFICATION_ID, notification);
} else {
startForeground(NOTIFICATION_ID, notification);
}
Edit
My notification is created like this, which is working on thousands of android devices with API < 26 until now:
protected Notification foregroundNotification(int notificationId)
{
boolean paused = MainApp.getPrefs().sidebarServicePaused();
NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this);
builder.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.icon_not);
builder.setContentIntent(notificationIntent());
builder.setLargeIcon(BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.icon));
builder.setContentTitle(getString(R.string.derived_app_name));
builder.setContentText(getString(checkStatus() ? (paused ? R.string.service_notification_text_paused : R.string.service_notification_text_running) : R.string.service_notification_text_preparing));
builder.setColor(Color.parseColor("#25baa2"));
if (MainApp.getPrefs().hideNotificationIcon())
builder.setPriority(NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_MIN);
else
builder.setPriority(NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_MAX);
if (paused)
builder.addAction(R.drawable.ic_play_arrow_black_24dp, getString(R.string.resume), resumeIntent(this));
else
builder.addAction(R.drawable.ic_pause_black_24dp, getString(R.string.pause), pauseIntent(this));
return builder.build();
}