Re: [android-developers] Notifications from Service

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:00 AM, dashman <erjdriver@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm creating a notification from a service to notify the main activity
> that a job is done.

Notifications notify the user, not an activity.

> The problem is when the user taps on the notification, it seems to
> create a new instance of the activity.

It will, by default. Calls to startActivity() create a new instance of
the activity, unless you take steps to the contrary.

> If i press BACK back, there's now 2.
>
> Is a way to instruction the notification object, to notify the
> existing
> activity.

Add FLAG_REORDER_TO_FRONT to your Intent that you put in the
PendingIntent that you put in the Notification that you put in the
status bar.

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