Yes you should be able to call startForeground again to change the
notification.  If this information is displayed elsewhere, it would still be
updated.

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 8:10 AM, skyhigh <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks for the detailed response on how to use these APIs for correct
> compatibility.
>
> I have an additional question.  With the older API, my service would
> called notify multiple times.  It did this to change the icon being
> shown in the notification bar based on the current status of the
> service.  When the service status changed, the new call to notify
> would let the user see the updated state because the icon being
> displayed would change.
>
> With the new API which combines both notify and setForeground, is it
> still OK to call startForeground multiple times and give it an updated
> notification on each call?  I read some comments on this API
> mentioning that its functionality might change in the future to move
> service notifications to their own area, and would like to make sure
> that multiple calls will be supported.
>
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