I used this simple code to set a Notification in Android 4.1 or higher. It works well, but my problem comes with SmallIcon and LargeIcon. I understand that SmallIcon is show
In my case, I just set my red icon as the large icon and the setColor to Color.WHITE and set a white icon as my small icon. That way, in the notifications area, my red icon is shown and the white icon is "disapeared".
Bitmap icon = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),R.drawable.app_logo);
mBuilder.setContentIntent(resultPendingIntent).setColor(Color.WHITE).setLargeIcon(icon);