Feature request: Adding a way to update sticky notification text without stopping and restarting that notification

[leaf-node]

stopForegroundService and startForegroundService can be used to update the text in a foreground service (sticky) notification in Android. However, that OS is slow to show newly created foreground services notifications (Maybe 10 - 20 seconds at times). It would be great if there were a way to change the title and body text without removing the current sticky notification.

I tried using second invocation of startForegroundService after the first invocation created the sticky notification, but that did not change the text.

[MaikuB]

Could you help look into and submit a PR on this? Support for foreground service notifications was a contribution from the community that started with https://github.com/MaikuB/flutter_local_notifications/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed+foreground

[leaf-node]

I'm not sure when, but I'll take a look and see what I can do.

[Levi-Lesches]

@leaf-node, it seems from this SO answer that the standard way to update a notification created by a foreground service... is to just send a new notification with the same ID.

Can you try using the same ID you did in createForegroundService to call show() the standard way, and confirm that it changes your notification?

[leaf-node]

Can you try using the same ID you did in createForegroundService to call show() the standard way, and confirm that it changes your notification?

I can confirm that works. Thanks for your help with research. : )

[Levi-Lesches]

Glad I can help! Let's leave this open for now and I will open a PR to improve the docs, since they explicitly suggest doing otherwise.