Android Question How to start a service with main activity hidden in the background?

[toby]

My test app is a service which starts the main activity. I want the only thing visible is the notification icon which, once touched, will bring the main activity to the foreground. Can someone give some advices on how to achieve that?

 

[Peter Simpson]

Look for notifications builder library.

NotificationBuilder
Methods:

• AddAction (icon As String, title As String, tag AsString, Activity As Object)
  Adds an Action to the notification.

The action in your case would be to start the main activity.

 

[Erel]

When the user clicks on the app icons, the main activity starts. You can immediately finish it if you like.