Sync with settings.

app/src/main/java/apps/amine/bou/readerforselfoss/HomeActivity.kt

@@ -192,8 +192,6 @@ class HomeActivity : AppCompatActivity(), SearchView.OnQueryTextListener {
         handleDrawer()
 
         handleSwipeRefreshLayout()
-
-        handleRecurringTask()
     }
 
     private fun handleSwipeRefreshLayout() {
@@ -349,6 +347,8 @@ class HomeActivity : AppCompatActivity(), SearchView.OnQueryTextListener {
         getElementsAccordingToTab()
 
         handleGDPRDialog(sharedPref.getBoolean("GDPR_shown", false))
+
+        handleRecurringTask()
     }
 
     private fun getAndStoreAllItems() {
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ class HomeActivity : AppCompatActivity(), SearchView.OnQueryTextListener {
                     .build()
 
 
-            WorkManager.getInstance().enqueueUniquePeriodicWork("selfoss-loading", ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.KEEP, backgroundWork)
+            WorkManager.getInstance().enqueueUniquePeriodicWork("selfoss-loading", ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.REPLACE, backgroundWork)
         }
     }
 }

app/src/main/java/apps/amine/bou/readerforselfoss/MyApp.kt

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package apps.amine.bou.readerforselfoss
 
+import android.app.NotificationChannel
+import android.app.NotificationManager
 import android.content.Context
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable
 import android.net.Uri
+import android.os.Build
 import android.preference.PreferenceManager
 import androidx.multidex.MultiDexApplication
 import android.widget.ImageView
@@ -59,6 +62,18 @@ class MyApp : MultiDexApplication() {
         initTheme()
 
         tryToHandleBug()
+
+        handleNotificationChannels()
+    }
+
+    private fun handleNotificationChannels() {
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
+            val name = getString(R.string.notification_channel_sync)
+            val importance = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_LOW
+            val mChannel = NotificationChannel(Config.syncChannelId, name, importance)
+            val notificationManager = getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE) as NotificationManager
+            notificationManager.createNotificationChannel(mChannel)
+        }
     }
 
     override fun attachBaseContext(base: Context?) {

app/src/main/java/apps/amine/bou/readerforselfoss/background/background.kt

@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 package apps.amine.bou.readerforselfoss.background
 
+import android.app.NotificationManager
 import android.content.Context
+import android.os.Handler
 import android.preference.PreferenceManager
+import androidx.core.app.NotificationCompat
+import androidx.core.app.NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_LOW
 import androidx.room.Room
 import androidx.work.Worker
 import androidx.work.WorkerParameters
+import apps.amine.bou.readerforselfoss.R
 import apps.amine.bou.readerforselfoss.api.selfoss.Item
 import apps.amine.bou.readerforselfoss.api.selfoss.SelfossApi
 import apps.amine.bou.readerforselfoss.persistence.database.AppDatabase
@@ -14,12 +19,9 @@ import apps.amine.bou.readerforselfoss.utils.persistence.toEntity
 import retrofit2.Call
 import retrofit2.Callback
 import retrofit2.Response
+import java.util.*
+import kotlin.concurrent.schedule
 import kotlin.concurrent.thread
-import android.app.NotificationManager
-import android.app.NotificationChannel
-import android.util.Log
-import androidx.core.app.NotificationCompat
-import apps.amine.bou.readerforselfoss.R
 
 class LoadingWorker(val context: Context, params: WorkerParameters) : Worker(context, params) {
 
@@ -27,18 +29,13 @@ class LoadingWorker(val context: Context, params: WorkerParameters) : Worker(con
         val notificationManager =
             applicationContext.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE) as NotificationManager
 
-        //If on Oreo then notification required a notification channel.
-        if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
-            val channel =
-                NotificationChannel("default", "Default", NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_DEFAULT)
-            notificationManager.createNotificationChannel(channel)
-        }
-
-        val notification = NotificationCompat.Builder(applicationContext, "default")
-            .setContentTitle("Loading")
-            .setContentText("Loading new items")
+        val notification = NotificationCompat.Builder(applicationContext, Config.syncChannelId)
+            .setContentTitle(context.getString(R.string.loading_notification_title))
+            .setContentText(context.getString(R.string.loading_notification_text))
             .setOngoing(true)
-            .setSmallIcon(R.mipmap.ic_launcher)
+            .setPriority(PRIORITY_LOW)
+            .setChannelId(Config.syncChannelId)
+            .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_cloud_download)
 
         notificationManager.notify(1, notification.build())
 
@@ -59,7 +56,9 @@ class LoadingWorker(val context: Context, params: WorkerParameters) : Worker(con
         )
         api.allItems().enqueue(object : Callback<List<Item>> {
             override fun onFailure(call: Call<List<Item>>, t: Throwable) {
-                notificationManager.cancel(1)
+                Timer("", false).schedule(4000) {
+                    notificationManager.cancel(1)
+                }
             }
 
             override fun onResponse(
@@ -73,7 +72,9 @@ class LoadingWorker(val context: Context, params: WorkerParameters) : Worker(con
                         db.itemsDao()
                             .insertAllItems(*(apiItems.map { it.toEntity() }).toTypedArray())
                     }
-                    notificationManager.cancel(1)
+                    Timer("", false).schedule(4000) {
+                        notificationManager.cancel(1)
+                    }
                 }
             }
         })

app/src/main/java/apps/amine/bou/readerforselfoss/utils/Config.kt

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ class Config(c: Context) {
 
         const val trackerUrl = "https://github.com/aminecmi/ReaderforSelfoss/issues"
 
+        const val syncChannelId = "sync-channel-id"
+
         fun logoutAndRedirect(
             c: Context,
             callingActivity: Activity,

app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

@@ -158,4 +158,7 @@
     <string name="pref_switch_periodic_refresh_on">Articles will periodically be synced</string>
     <string name="pref_periodic_refresh_minutes_title"><![CDATA[Sync interval ( >= 15 minutes)]]></string>
     <string name="pref_switch_refresh_when_charging">Only refresh when phone is charging</string>
+    <string name="loading_notification_title">Loading ...</string>
+    <string name="loading_notification_text">Selfoss is syncing your articles</string>
+    <string name="notification_channel_sync">Sync notification</string>
 </resources>