Hide download notification #391

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2026-04-24T23:19:35+02:00

adam commented

2026-04-24 23:19:35 +02:00

Originally created by @lukeIam on GitHub (Jan 6, 2023).

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

When I download a single audiobook with >150 parts to my android device a get a lot of annoying notification.
Even better: my android system groups them in groups of 20 -> I have so slide them away more then seven times.

Describe the solution you'd like

No (system) notifications for downloading all the single files.
I have the progress in app (would be enough for me) but some single notification from audiobookshelf showing the progress (xx from yy) would be nice.

Additional context

Disabling the "system downloader notification" should be easy. I just had a short look into your code - should be this line:
https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf-app/blob/master/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/plugins/AbsDownloader.kt#L98
changed to DownloadManager.Request.VISIBILITY_HIDDEN
If there is already an options the disable the download notifications then I'm sorry (pretty new to audiobookshelf and currently testing if it can replace my current audiobook app)

Originally created by @lukeIam on GitHub (Jan 6, 2023). ### Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. When I download a single audiobook with >150 parts to my android device a get a lot of annoying notification. Even better: my android system groups them in groups of 20 -> I have so slide them away more then seven times. ### Describe the solution you'd like No (system) notifications for downloading all the single files. I have the progress in app (would be enough for me) but some single notification from audiobookshelf showing the progress (xx from yy) would be nice. ### Additional context Disabling the "system downloader notification" should be easy. I just had a short look into your code - should be this line: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf-app/blob/master/android/app/src/main/java/com/audiobookshelf/app/plugins/AbsDownloader.kt#L98 changed to `DownloadManager.Request.VISIBILITY_HIDDEN` If there is already an options the disable the download notifications then I'm sorry (pretty new to audiobookshelf and currently testing if it can replace my current audiobook app)

adam added the enhancement label 2026-04-24 23:19:35 +02:00

adam closed this issue

2026-04-24 23:19:36 +02:00

adam commented

2026-04-24 23:19:36 +02:00

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Jan 20, 2023):

VISBILITY_HIDDEN requires extra permission. I changed to VISIBILITY_VISIBLE and this works well because the notification is there while downloading but disappears after completion. When it shows during download these will be collapsed together.

Source: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/DownloadManager.Request#setNotificationVisibility(int)

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Jan 20, 2023): `VISBILITY_HIDDEN` requires extra permission. I changed to `VISIBILITY_VISIBLE` and this works well because the notification is there while downloading but disappears after completion. When it shows during download these will be collapsed together. Source: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/DownloadManager.Request#setNotificationVisibility(int)

adam commented

2026-04-24 23:19:37 +02:00