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I'm wondering if it is possible to make my own personal icon for when my app is running? I don't really want to worry about adding it to the notification scroll down menu. I just want the picture in the top left corner. Any help on how to go about doing this would be appreciated. Thanks

au789
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Actually it is possible to change the icon in the top left corner. You have to change the ic_launcher png file (in res/drawable). Don't forget to change it in the hdpi, mdpi and ldpi folder.

  • for mdpi it should be 100X100
  • for hdpi it should be 150:150
  • for ldpi it should be 75:75

Android screen sizes in Pixels for ldpi, mdpi, hpdi?

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This is not possible. If you are going to have a Notification, you must have it in the notification drawer as well.

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  • That is fine. My next question is, is there a way to close it. For instance i have an on and off button for a reason. if the button is off i do not want a notification on the top left but if the button is on this i do want the notification to be up there so i need a statement like if(on) make notification if(off) remove notification – au789 Mar 26 '11 at 20:48
  • @au789: Please do not simply have a `Notification` there for no good reason. It should only be there if there is an event that has occurred in the background (e.g., `AlarmManager` and `IntentService` retrieved new email for the user), or if the user has started some background operation (e.g., `startForeground()` for a music player that the user started). All that being said, use `cancel()` on `NotificationManager` to remove a `Notification` that you raised. – CommonsWare Mar 26 '11 at 21:01