[Ongoing Notification without status bar icon] #Android

OngoingNotification.java

package your.package.name;

import android.app.NotificationManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat;
import android.support.v4.app.TaskStackBuilder;

public class OngoingNotification {

	// TODO - specify your own Notification ID
	private static final int NOTIFICATION_ID = -555321;

	public static void create(Context context) {

		// Build the notification, important points are that you only have a small icon, set ongoing and set priority to min
		NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(
				context)
				.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.notification_icon)
				.setContentTitle(context.getString(R.string.notification_title))
				.setContentText(context.getString(R.string.notification_text))
				.setOngoing(true).setWhen(0)
				.setPriority(NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_MIN);

		// Creates an explicit intent for an Activity in your app
		Intent resultIntent = new Intent(context, YourActivity.class);

		// The stack builder object will contain an artificial back stack
		// for the started Activity.
		// This ensures that navigating backward from the Activity leads out
		// of your application to the Home screen.
		TaskStackBuilder taskStackBuilder = TaskStackBuilder.create(context);
		
		// Adds the back stack for the Intent (but not the Intent itself)
		taskStackBuilder.addParentStack(YourActivity.class);
		
		// Adds the Intent that starts the Activity to the top of the stack
		taskStackBuilder.addNextIntent(resultIntent);
		PendingIntent resultPendingIntent = taskStackBuilder.getPendingIntent(0,
				PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
		builder.setContentIntent(resultPendingIntent);
		
		NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) context
				.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);

		// NOTIFICATION_ID allows you to update the notification later on.
		notificationManager.notify(NOTIFICATION_ID, builder.build());

	}

	public static void remove(Context context) {
		NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) context
				.getSystemService(android.content.Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);

		notificationManager.cancel(NOTIFICATION_ID);
	}
}