How to define if NotificationChannel was disabled by user (API 26)?

I updated my code to API v26, set up NotificationChannels and I can see my notifications, but I have logic regarding disabled notifications. Before 26 I have something like:

NotificationManagerCompat.from(context).areNotificationsEnabled() 

And this seems to be not useful now. So how can one know if notification channel is disabled in the settings?

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I found that new ChannelNotification approach doesn't replace old logic, it adds one more layer of control for notifications. So now we have 2 scenarios, see Screenshot:

1. You can define if notifications enabled:

     NotificationManagerCompat.from(context).areNotificationsEnabled(); 

2. You can define if your notification is visible to user:

     NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager)    context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);          NotificationChannel notificationChannel =    notificationManager.getNotificationChannel(channelId);         int importance = notificationChannel.getImportance(); 

If importance is NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_NONE user will not see notification, but the notification is there, so you can use it with Foreground service and you should dismiss it. If importance is NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_MIN or higher user will see notification.

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