Bad notification for start Foreground, Invalid channel for service notification:

Question

So, i have an app on store with 50000 users. Recently i updated my android studio and compiled SDK to 27. I made some changes to support android 8 changes including Notification

Answer 1

it appears that you in 8.1 must create your own notification channel.

 private void startForeground() {
    String channelId ="";
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
        createNotificationChannel("my_service", "My Background Service");
    }else{
        NotificationCompat.Builder notificationBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(getApplicationContext(), channelId);
        Notification notification = notificationBuilder.setOngoing(true)
                .setSmallIcon(R.mipmap.ic_launcher)
                .setPriority(PRIORITY_MIN)
                .setCategory(Notification.CATEGORY_SERVICE)
                .build();
        startForeground(101, notification);
    }


}

and after

 @RequiresApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
private String createNotificationChannel(String channelId ,String channelName){
    NotificationChannel chan = new NotificationChannel(channelId,
            channelName, NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_NONE);
    chan.setLightColor(Color.BLUE);
    chan.setLockscreenVisibility(Notification.VISIBILITY_PRIVATE);
    NotificationManager manager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
    manager.createNotificationChannel(chan);
    return channelId;
}

Update: Also don't forget to add the foreground permission as required Android P: