There is such a working code from the start site android:
package ru.startandroid.develop.p0991servicenotification; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.Bundle; import android.text.TextUtils; import android.view.View; import android.widget.TextView; public class MainActivity extends Activity { public final static String FILE_NAME = "filename"; /** Called when the activity is first created. */ @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv); Intent intent = getIntent(); String fileName = intent.getStringExtra(FILE_NAME); if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(fileName)) tv.setText(fileName); } public void onClickStart(View v) { startService(new Intent(this, MyService.class)); } public void onClickStop(View v) { stopService(new Intent(this, MyService.class)); } } and service:
package ru.startandroid.develop.p0991servicenotification; import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit; import android.app.Notification; import android.app.NotificationManager; import android.app.PendingIntent; import android.app.Service; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.IBinder; public class MyService extends Service { NotificationManager nm; @Override public void onCreate() { super.onCreate(); nm = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE); } public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) { try { TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(5); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } sendNotif(); return super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId); } void sendNotif() { // 1-я часть Notification notif = new Notification(R.drawable.ic_launcher, "Text in status bar", System.currentTimeMillis()); // 3-я часть Intent intent = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class); intent.putExtra(MainActivity.FILE_NAME, "somefile"); PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, intent, 0); // 2-я часть notif.setLatestEventInfo(this, "Notification's title", "Notification's text", pIntent); // ставим флаг, чтобы уведомление пропало после нажатия notif.flags |= Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL; // отправляем nm.notify(1, notif); } public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) { return null; } } Everything works with a bang, but the question is, maybe, who knows how to remove the notification when you close the application?