Notification with "null" PendingIntent

Question

I'm trying to implement notification in Android.

Now I have a problem, I don't want to have a PendingIntent that user will open any Activity. How can I do that?

Is there a problem with simply setting the `contentIntent` field to `null`? — Jean Hominal, Nov 20 '10 at 12:01
Why would you have a notification that isn't actionable for the user? — adamp, Nov 20 '10 at 15:50

score 56 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 04 '13 at 10:27

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PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(
    getApplicationContext(),
    0,
    new Intent(), // add this
    PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

edited Jan 04 '13 at 10:27

answered Nov 23 '10 at 07:17

peterlawn

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Interesting note, if you just pass "null" instead of pending intent, the notification is not able to be clicked. – cV2 Feb 26 '19 at 07:53

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 17 '11 at 17:24

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The following works and seems more straightforward:

PendingIntent pi = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, null, 0);

Having a notification without launching a subsequent Activity seems quite sensible to me - eg "Its time to get up!.

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answered Jan 17 '11 at 10:27

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Works on earlier version of Andorid but can conform RTE on ICS. – Justin Mclean Jul 07 '13 at 07:05

Notification with "null" PendingIntent

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