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8788 two notifications on android kitkat

cyberta requested to merge cyberta/bitmask_android:8788_two_notifications_on_android_kitkat into 0.9.8

On Android 4.X the system raises an own vpn notification that has the same key symbol as Bitmask uses for the connected state. This can can confuse the user because Bitmask shows different icons that represent different states (e.g. connecting, not connected, connected) whereas the Android notification shows always the same filled out key symbol. As it is not possible to suppress the system notification, Bitmask's key symbols get hidden on Android API 16-19 in the status bar. The only exception here is if no connection to the vpn is possible as this should raise the user's attention - no matter if there's the confusing system notification indicating falsely a running vpn at the same time. Fixes also:

  • clicking on the notification opens the Dashboard
  • replaces deprecated API calls in OpenVPN when building the notifications

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