Disable notification sound on Android O

Question

I try to get rid of the notification sound in below method.

I was able to reduced it to only go off once but it should be completely silent in Android O and lower versions.

I searched a long time on stackoverflow and google but till now nothing completely works.

Any help is appreciated.

public void showUpdateProgressNotification(int id, String appName, int progress, String status, long downloadStart) {

        NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
        String NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_ID = "my_channel_id_01";

        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
            NotificationChannel notificationChannel = new NotificationChannel
                    (NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_ID, "Test Notifications", NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_LOW);
            notificationChannel.setSound(null, null);

            // Configure the notification channel.
            notificationChannel.setDescription("Channel test");
            notificationManager.createNotificationChannel(notificationChannel);
        }

        Intent cancelIntent = new Intent(ACTION_FILE_CANCEL);
        cancelIntent.putExtra("id", id);
        PendingIntent cancel = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, ACTION_FILE_CANCEL.hashCode() + id,
                cancelIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);

        NotificationCompat.Builder notification = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this, NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_ID)
                .setContentTitle(appName)
                .setContentText(status)
                .setSmallIcon(android.R.drawable.stat_sys_download)
                .setDefaults(0)
                .setLargeIcon(BitmapFactory.decodeResource(MyApplication_.getInstance().getResources(), R.mipmap.ic_launcher))
                .setProgress(100, progress, progress == 0)
                .setWhen(downloadStart)
                .setContentIntent(cancel)
                .setGroup(GROUP_KEY)
                .addAction(R.drawable.ic_close_black_24dp, "Cancel", cancel)
                .setColor(MyApplication_.getInstance().getResources().getColor(R.color.apps_color))
                .setOnlyAlertOnce(true);

        NotificationCompat.InboxStyle inboxStyle =
                new NotificationCompat.InboxStyle();
        inboxStyle.addLine(status);
        notification.setStyle(inboxStyle);

        notificationManager.notify(id, notification.build());

        addNotification(id);
 }

More information here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45919392/disable-sound-from-notificationchannel — Pascal, Jun 06 '18 at 07:11
You need to uninstall the app and reinstall it as once the notification channel is created with the sound , it will not be override. Hence you need to uninstall the app and install again. — Shivam Yadav, Jul 04 '19 at 09:12

score 55 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 26 '18 at 08:52

I figured it out after some more research.

This is the vital part:

//Configure the notification channel, NO SOUND
notificationChannel.setDescription("no sound");
notificationChannel.setSound(null,null); <---- ignore sound
notificationChannel.enableLights(false);
notificationChannel.setLightColor(Color.BLUE);
notificationChannel.enableVibration(false);

At first on implementing this, it still did not work but after uninstalling my app, and reinstall it everything was fine.

If any one needs it, here is the correct code:

public void showUpdateProgressNotification(int id, String appName, int progress, String status, long downloadStart) {

        NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
        String NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_ID = "my_channel_id_01";

        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
            NotificationChannel notificationChannel = new NotificationChannel(
                    NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_ID, "My app no sound", NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_LOW
            );

            //Configure the notification channel, NO SOUND
            notificationChannel.setDescription("no sound");
            notificationChannel.setSound(null,null);
            notificationChannel.enableLights(false);
            notificationChannel.setLightColor(Color.BLUE);
            notificationChannel.enableVibration(false);
            notificationManager.createNotificationChannel(notificationChannel);
        }

        Intent cancelIntent = new Intent(ACTION_FILE_CANCEL);
        cancelIntent.putExtra("id", id);
        PendingIntent cancel = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, ACTION_FILE_CANCEL.hashCode() + id,
                cancelIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);

        NotificationCompat.Builder notification = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this, NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_ID)
                .setContentTitle(appName)
                .setContentText(status)
                .setSmallIcon(android.R.drawable.stat_sys_download)
                .setDefaults(0)
                .setLargeIcon(BitmapFactory.decodeResource(MyApplication_.getInstance().getResources(), R.mipmap.ic_launcher))
                .setProgress(100, progress, progress == 0)
                .setWhen(downloadStart)
                .setContentIntent(cancel)
                .setGroup(GROUP_KEY)
                .addAction(R.drawable.ic_close_black_24dp, "Cancel", cancel)
                .setColor(MyApplication_.getInstance().getResources().getColor(R.color.apps_color));

        NotificationCompat.InboxStyle inboxStyle =
                new NotificationCompat.InboxStyle();
        inboxStyle.addLine(status);
        notification.setStyle(inboxStyle);

        notificationManager.notify(id, notification.build());

        addNotification(id);
    }

applied your code, even uninstall and reinstall, it still have sound in my device (I send message from Firebase console, with sound option enable). — Phong Nguyen, May 23 '19 at 10:04
not worked when i just copy and paste the code and run. But after uninstalling the app and install again it work. Thanks.. — Sujeet Kumar, Dec 13 '19 at 05:51

Marvin · Answer 2 · 2023-01-15T18:22:49.220

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The following never makes a sound regardless of the source channel setting.

NotificationCompat.Builder.setSilent(true)

This allows you to have channel that makes sound by default while simultaneously posting silent notifications for individual ones without making the entire channel silent.

Reference: https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/core/app/NotificationCompat.Builder#setSilent(boolean)

edited Jan 15 '23 at 18:22

answered Dec 02 '20 at 20:30

Marvin

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 18 '21 at 15:20

Just add

NotificationCompat.Builder.setNotificationSilent()

This works in all Android versions, in all cases even if you set PRIORITY_HIGH

Make sure to uninstall app and install again

Example:

val builder = NotificationCompat.Builder(this, CHANNEL_ID)
                .setContentText("text")
                .setContentTitle("content")
                .setPriority(NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_HIGH)
                .setNotificationSilent() // just keep this line
                .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.logo)
                .setTicker("text"))

            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
                builder.setChannelId(CHANNEL_ID)
            }

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 29 '22 at 07:45

0

Inside your notification channel just set

notificationChannel.setSound(null, null);

answered Nov 29 '22 at 07:45

Manish Arora

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