How to Hide or Show notifications on an Android device using SureMDM Run Scripts

There will be a lot of notifications shown on the device notifications panel by different applications on the Android devices. In order to Hide/Show the notifications on devices for any specific applications below SureMDM run scripts would help achieve the same.

Purpose

The purpose of this knowledge article is to provide a guide on how to Hide or Show notifications on an android device using SureMDM Run Scripts.

Prerequisites

• “Notification Access” should be turned ON for SureMDM Agent in order to hide the non-sticky notifications on non-EA devices and non-KNOX devices.

Steps

Step 1 : Hide Notification

• Run Script for Single Application.

!#suremdm
hideNotifications(<pkg1>)

Example: Nix Agent.

• Run Script for Multiple Applications :

!#suremdm
hideNotifications(<pkg1>,<pkg2>,<pkg3> , …)

Example: Nix Agent and SureLock

!#suremdm
hideNotifications(com.nix, com.gears42.surelock)

Note : pkg1, pkg2, pkg3 – refer to the package name of the applications.

Step 2 : Show Notification

• Run script for Single Application :

!#suremdm
showNotifications(<pkg1>)

Example : Nix Agent.

!#suremdm
showNotifications(com.nix)

• Run script for Multiple Applications : 

!#suremdm
showNotifications(<pkg1>,<pkg2>,<pkg3> , …)

Example : Nix agent and SureLock.

!#suremdm
showNotifications(com.nix, com.gears42.surelock)

Note : pkg1, pkg2, pkg3 – refers to the package name of the applications.

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