Notification icon in status bar without taking over status bar for several seconds?

Question

I know how to send a notification to the status bar, but when it first starts it takes over the whole status bar and you can't see anything else but your icon. Is there any way to show your icon without it taking over the whole status bar for a few seconds?

Answer 1

It sounds like you're using an empty tickerText. Just set that to null and the system won't attempt to show it.