Prevent user from dismissing notification

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Marian Klühspies picture Marian Klühspies · Aug 27, 2013 · Viewed 26k times · Source

Some apps have notifications which can´t be dismissed by swiping them away.

How can I manage such behaviour?

Answer

Marian Klühspies picture Marian Klühspies · Dec 2, 2015

In addition to Andro Selvas answer:

If you are using the NotificationCompat.Builder, just use 

builder.setOngoing(true);

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