Notification changes for Wear 2.0 and Release notes.

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page.title=Notification Changes in Android Wear 2.0

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    <h2>This document includes</h2>

    <ol>

      <li><a href="#visual">Visual Updates</a></li>

      <li><a href="#expanded">Expanded Notifications</a></li>

      <li><a href="#messaging">MessagingStyle</a></li>

    </ol>

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<p>Android Wear 2.0 updates the visual style and interaction paradigm of notifications

  as well as introduces expanded notifications, which provide substantial additional

  content and actions in an app-like experience.

</p>

<p>The visual and interaction changes make it much easier for users to read and

  interact with notifications from your application. Expanded notifications enable

  you to deliver Wear users an app-like experience even if you haven't built an

  Android Wear application.

</p>

<p class="note">

  <strong>Note:</strong> When developing for Wear 2.0, ensure that

  you have the latest version of the Android Wear app on your phone.

</p>

<h2 id="visual">Visual Updates</h2>

<p>Notifications receive important visual updates in Wear 2.0, with

<a href="http://www.google.com/design/wear">

material design</a> visual changes.

</p>

<p><img src="{@docRoot}wear/preview/images/comparison_diagram.png" /> </p>

<p><b>Figure 1.</b> Comparison of the same notification in Android Wear 1.x and 2.0.</p> 

<p>Some of the visual updates include:</p>

<ul>

<li><strong>Updated touch targets of a notification</strong>:

  If no <a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/app/Notification.html#contentIntent">{@code contentIntent}</a>

  is set or if the notification is

  <a href="{@docRoot}design/wear/structure.html#Bridged">bridged</a>

  from a paired phone, then tapping the notification opens an <a href="{@docRoot}wear/preview/features/notifications.html#expanded">expanded notification</a>.

  If the notification is generated locally by a Wear app and if a

  <a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/app/Notification.html#contentIntent">{@code contentIntent}</a>

  is set, tapping the notification fires the

  <a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/app/Notification.html#contentIntent">{@code contentIntent}</a>.

  </li>

<li><strong>Dark background color</strong>:

  If you have notifications that are bridged to wearables, you need to be careful

   with regards to using color for the notifications. Since a bridged

  notification needs to support both light (Wear 1.x) and dark (Wear 2.0)

  backgrounds, it is unlikely that any colors will work well on both.

  <a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/app/Notification.WearableExtender.html#setDisplayIntent(android.app.PendingIntent)">{@code DisplayIntent}</a>

   notifications render with both light and dark backgrounds

  as well, and need to be checked for the same reason.

  We recommended that you don't set color for bridged notifications.

  When Wear apps post local notifications, you can work around this by checking

  <a href="{@docRoot}training/basics/supporting-devices/platforms.html#version-codes">the API level of the device</a> they're running on and using an appropriate color

  for Wear 1.x and a different color for Wear 2.0.

</li>

<li><strong>Updated horizontal swipe gesture on a notification</strong>:

  To dismiss a notification in Wear 2.0, the user swipes horizontally in either

  direction. So if your notification instructs the user to swipe left or right, 

  you must update the text of your notification.

</li>

</ul>

<h2 id="expanded">Expanded Notifications</h2>

<p>Android Wear 2.0 introduces <i>expanded notifications</i>, which provides

  substantial additional content and actions for each notification.

</p>

<p>When you <a href="{@docRoot}training/wearables/notifications/pages.html">specify additional content pages</a>

 and actions for a notification, those are available to the user within the 

 expanded notification. Each expanded notification follows 

 <a href="http://www.google.com/design/wear">Material Design for Android Wear</a>,

  so the user gets an app-like experience.

</p>

<p><img src="{@docRoot}wear/preview/images/expanded_diagram.png" /> </p>

<p><b>Figure 2</b>. An expanded notification with content and actions.</p>

<p>If the first action in the expanded notification has a

<a href=" {@docRoot}reference/android/support/v4/app/RemoteInput.html">{@code RemoteInput}</a>

  (e.g., a Reply action), then the choices you set with <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/app/RemoteInput.Builder.html#setChoices(java.lang.CharSequence[])">{@code setChoices()}</a>

  appear within the expanded notification below the first action.

</p>

<p>The user can view the expanded notification by tapping on a notification when

  either of the following is true:

</p>

<ul>

  <li>The notification is generated by an app on the paired phone and

    bridged to Wear.

  </li>

  <li>The notification does not have a 

  <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat.Builder.html#setContentIntent(android.app.PendingIntent)">{@code contentIntent}</a>.

  </li>

</ul>

<h3>Best practices for expanded notifications</h3>

<p>To decide when to use expanded notifications, follow these guidelines:</p>

<ul>

  <li>All notifications bridged from the paired phone to the Wear device will

  use expanded notifications.

  </li>

  <li>If a notification is generated by an app running locally on Wear 2.0,

    you should <a href="{@docRoot}training/notify-user/build-notification.html#action">

    make the touch target of your notification </a> launch

    <a href="{@docRoot}training/notify-user/build-notification.html#action"> an Activity</a>

    within your app by calling <a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat.Builder.html#setContentIntent(android.app.PendingIntent)">{@code setContentIntent()}</a>.

    We recommend that you do not use expanded notifications for notifications generated

    by an app running locally on Wear 2.0.

  </li>

</ul>

<h3>Adding expanded notifications</h3>

<p>

 Expanded Notifications allow you to include additional content and actions

   for a notification. You choose the level of detail that your app's notifications

    will provide; however be judicious with the amount of detail you include in a 

    notification. 

</p>

<h4>Adding additional content</h4>

To show additional content in your expanded notification, see <a href="{@docRoot}training/wearables/notifications/pages.html">Adding Pages to a Notification</a>.</p>

<p>Additional content pages are stacked vertically in the expanded notification

 and appear in the order they were added.

  These additional content pages can optionally use a style such as <a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle.html">{@code BigTextStyle}</a> or <a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat.BigPictureStyle.html">{@code BigPictureStyle}</a>.

</p>

<h4>Primary action</h4>

The expanded notification will contain one primary action, which is the first

action in the notification unless a different action is specified using

<a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat.WearableExtender.html#setContentAction(int)">{@code setContentAction()}</a>.

</p>

<h4>Additional actions</h4>

<p>

  To specify additional actions, use

  <a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat.WearableExtender.html#addAction(android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.Action)">{@code addAction()}</a>

   or <a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat.WearableExtender.html#addActions(java.util.List<android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.Action>)">{@code addActions()}</a>.

    The action drawer of the expanded notification contains all available actions.

</p>

<h2 id="messaging">MessagingStyle</h2>

<p>If you have a chat messaging app, your notifications should use

<a href="{@docRoot}preview/features/notification-updates.html#style">{@code Notification.MessagingStyle}</a>,

 which is new in Android 6.0. Wear 2.0 uses the chat messages included

  in a <a href="{@docRoot}preview/features/notification-updates.html#style">{@code MessagingStyle}</a> notification 

  (see <a href="{@docRoot}preview/features/notification-updates.html#style">{@code addMessage()}</a>) to provide

  a rich chat app-like experience in the expanded notification.

</p>

<p class="note">Note: <a href="{@docRoot}preview/features/notification-updates.html#style">{@code MessagingStyle}</a> 

expanded notifications require that you have at least version 1.5.0.2861804 of the

  <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.wearable.app">Android Wear application</a>

  on your paired Android phone. That version will be available within the next

  few weeks in the Play Store.

</p>

<h3 id="smart-reply">Smart Reply</h3>

<p>Wear 2.0 also introduces <i>Smart Reply</i> for <a href="{@docRoot}preview/features/notification-updates.html#style">{@code MessagingStyle}</a> notifications.

  Smart Reply provides the user with contextually relevant, touchable choices in

  the expanded notification and in {@code RemoteInput}. These augment the fixed

  list of choices that the developer provides in 

   <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/app/RemoteInput.html">{@code RemoteInput}</a>

    using the 

    <a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/support/v4/app/RemoteInput.Builder.html#setChoices(java.lang.CharSequence[])">{@code setChoices()}</a> method.

</p>

<p>By enabling Smart Reply for your MessagingStyle notifications,

  you provide users with a fast (single tap), discreet (no speaking aloud), and

  reliable way to respond to chat messages.

</p>

<p><img src="{@docRoot}wear/preview/images/messaging_style.png" /></p>

<p><b>Figure 3</b>. The expanded notification includes contextually relevant

  Smart Reply responses below the primary action.

</p>

<p>Responses generated by Smart Reply are shown in addition to those set using the

  <a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/support/v4/app/RemoteInput.Builder.html#setChoices(java.lang.CharSequence[])">{@code setChoices()}</a> method.

</p>

<p>To enable Smart Reply for your notification action, you need to do the

following:

</p>

<ol>

  <li>Use <a href="{@docRoot}preview/features/notification-updates.html#style">{@code Notification.MessagingStyle}</a>.

  </li>

  <li>Call the method 

  <a href="https://android-dot-devsite.googleplex.com/wear/preview/start.html#get_the_preview_reference_documentation">{@code setAllowGeneratedReplies()}</a>

   for the notification action.</li>

  <li>Ensure that the notification action has a

    <a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/app/RemoteInput.html">{@code RemoteInput}</a>

     (where the responses will reside).

  </li>

</ol>

<p>The following example shows how to create a MessagingStyle notification with

Smart Reply responses.</p>

<pre>

// Create an intent for the reply action

Intent replyIntent = new Intent(this, ReplyActivity.class);

PendingIntent replyPendingIntent =

 PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, replyIntent,

  PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

// Create the reply action and add the remote input

NotificationCompat.Action action =

 new NotificationCompat.Action.Builder(R.drawable.ic_reply_icon,

  getString(R.string.label), replyPendingIntent)

 .addRemoteInput(remoteInput)

// 1) allow generated replies

.setAllowGeneratedReplies(true)

 .build();

Notification noti = new NotificationCompat.Builder()

 .setContentTitle(messages.length + " new messages with " + sender.toString())

 .setContentText(subject)

 .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.new_message)

 .setLargeIcon(aBitmap)

 // 2) set the style to MessagingStyle

 .setStyle(new NotificationCompat.MessagingStyle(resources.getString(R.string.reply_name)).addMessage(messages[0].getText(), messages[0].getTime(), messages[0].getSender())

  .addMessage(messages[1].getText(), messages[1].getTime(), messages[1].getSender()))

// 3) add an action with RemoteInput

.extend(new WearableExtender().addAction(action)).build();

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page.title=Support and Release Notes

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  <p>If you experience problems when developing and testing with

  the Wear 2.0 Developer Preview, please file bugs at <a href=

  "https://developer.android.com/wear/preview/bug">https://developer.android.com/wear/preview/bug</a>

  .</p>

  <p>To discuss issues or ideas with other developers working with Android Wear, 

  join the <a href="https://plus.sandbox.google.com/communities/113381227473021565406">

  Wear Developer Google+ community</a>.

  <h2 id="dp">Developer Preview 1</h2>

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        <p><em>Date: May 2016<br />

        Builds: Wearable Support 2.0.0-alpha1, NVD36G <br />

        Emulator support: x86 & ARM (32-bit)<br/>

        </em></p>

      </div>

    </div>

  </div>

  <h3>General advisories</h3>

  <p>This Developer Preview release is for app developers only and is designed 

  for use in compatibility testing and early development only.</p>

  <h3>Wear 2.0 Notifications</h3>

  <h4>Notification groups</h4>

  <p>The current release of Android Wear 2.0 does not include support for notification

  groups, also known as <a href="{@docRoot}training/wearables/notifications/stacks.html">

  stacks</a> and bundles. You should continue to use notification groups because

   that support will be coming in a future version of Android Wear 2.0.</p>

   <h4>Smart Reply</h4>

   <p>The current version of Wear 2.0 does not generate any Smart Reply responses

    even if you call <a href="https://android-dot-devsite.googleplex.com/wear/preview/start.html#get_the_preview_reference_documentation">{@code setAllowGeneratedReplies()}</a>.

    This functionality will be added in a later version of Wear 2.0.

    </p>

  <h4>Fields that are deprecated in Wear 2.0</h4>

  <ul>

    <li>Notification.WearableExtender#setCustomSizePreset(int) no longer accepts

    SIZE_FULL_SCREEN as it has no meaning in Wear 2.0.</li>

    <li>Notification.WearableExtender#setContentIcon(int) is deprecated as it has no

    meaning in Wear 2.0.</li>

  </ul>