Android disable notification sounds

Question

I want to create a notification without any sounds. How can I do this? I tried the code below but it\'s not working for me:

notification = mBuilder
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Answer 1

In Android 26+ (Oreo) you do this by setting notification channel importance level to 'IMPORTANCE_LOW' or below.

val importance = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_LOW
val channel = NotificationChannel(CHANNEL_ID, name, importance).apply {
    description = descriptionText
}