On Going notification on Android Wear

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I'm trying to make an Android Wear notification to work with my app, and I want it to be Ongoing.

When using setOnGoing, the notification not displayed on the watch.

But I'm sure it's possible, because the google cast notification of youtube cannot be dismissed on the watch.

Can you help? Thanks.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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It is possible to show ongoing notifications on Andorid Wear, but NOT from phone (ongoing notifications posted FROM phone won't be shown on watch). It means you need to create a wearable extension to your app and post notification directly from Android Wear device.

So, from Android Wear you can just post a normal ongoing notification and it will be displayed on watch - like you see in some other apps. This is the only way to display an ongoing notifications on Android Wear.

If you want to display an ongoing notification on watch and ongoing notification on phone - you will need to synchronize them. For this purpose there is a great wearable DataApi.

Please read more about DataApi here:
https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/data-layer/index.html https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/data-layer/data-items.html

You can also take a look at my post where I've posted a code demonstrating how to use DataApi in practise: https://stackoverflow.com/a/24896043/3827276

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answered Jul 28 '14 at 20:50

Maciej Ciemięga

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You said I need to synchronize the notifications, and I did a wearable-extended notification, but still I can't find a way to make it ongoing. The extender has no setOnGoing method. – user3184899 Jul 29 '14 at 10:34
As I said - from Android Wear device post a NORMAL notification. Use standard `setOngoing(true)` method. – Maciej Ciemięga Jul 29 '14 at 10:36
When I'm using the standard method, the notification is not displayed on the watch. – user3184899 Jul 29 '14 at 10:55
Are you 100% sure that you're trying to post this notification FROM Android Wear device (and NOT from phone)? I doubt so. – Maciej Ciemięga Jul 29 '14 at 10:56
Wait. You mean to create an Android Wear App that posts notifications? – user3184899 Jul 29 '14 at 10:57
Yes, please read my answer one more time. – Maciej Ciemięga Jul 29 '14 at 10:58

On Going notification on Android Wear

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