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<h2>This lesson teaches you to</h2>
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  <li><a href="#Updating">Modify a Notification</a></li>
  <li><a href="#Removing">Remove Notifications</a></li>
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<h2>You should also read</h2>

<ul>
    <li>
        <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/ui/notifiers/notifications.html">Notifications</a> API Guide
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="{@docRoot}guide/components/intents-filters.html">
        Intents and Intent Filters
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="{@docRoot}design/patterns/notifications.html">Notifications</a> Design Guide
    </li>
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<p>
    When you need to issue a notification multiple times for the same type of event, you
    should avoid making a completely new notification. Instead, you should consider updating a
    previous notification, either by changing some of its values or by adding to it, or both.
</p>

<p>
    The following section describes how to update notifications and also how to remove them.
</p>
<h2 id="Updating">Modify a Notification</h2>
<p>
    To set up a notification so it can be updated, issue it with a notification ID by
    calling {@link android.app.NotificationManager#notify(int, Notification)
    NotificationManager.notify(ID, notification)}. To update this notification once you've issued
    it, update or create a {@link android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.Builder} object,
    build a {@link android.app.Notification} object from it, and issue the
    {@link android.app.Notification} with the same ID you used previously.
</p>
<p>
    The following snippet demonstrates a notification that is updated to reflect the
    number of events that have occurred. It stacks the notification, showing a summary:
</p>
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mNotificationManager =
        (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
// Sets an ID for the notification, so it can be updated
int notifyID = 1;
mNotifyBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this)
    .setContentTitle("New Message")
    .setContentText("You've received new messages.")
    .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_notify_status)
numMessages = 0;
// Start of a loop that processes data and then notifies the user
...
    mNotifyBuilder.setContentText(currentText)
        .setNumber(++numMessages);
    // Because the ID remains unchanged, the existing notification is
    // updated.
    mNotificationManager.notify(
            notifyID,
            mNotifyBuilder.build());
...
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<h2 id="Removing">Remove Notifications</h2>
<p>
    Notifications remain visible until one of the following happens:
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    <li>
        The user dismisses the notification either individually or by using "Clear All" (if
        the notification can be cleared).
    </li>
    <li>
        The user touches the notification, and you called
        {@link android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.Builder#setAutoCancel setAutoCancel()} when
        you created the notification.
    </li>
    <li>
        You call {@link android.app.NotificationManager#cancel(int) cancel()} for a specific
        notification ID. This method also deletes ongoing notifications.
    </li>
    <li>
        You call {@link android.app.NotificationManager#cancelAll() cancelAll()}, which removes
        all of the notifications you previously issued.
    </li>