If you have a chat messaging app, your notifications should use {@code Notification.MessagingStyle}, which is new in Android 6.0. Wear 2.0 uses the chat messages included in a -{@code MessagingStyle} +{@code MessagingStyle} notification (see {@code addMessage()}) to provide a rich chat app-like experience in the expanded notification. diff --git a/docs/html/wear/preview/features/notifications.jd b/docs/html/wear/preview/features/notifications.jd index 0962eb4b5f828..75f9feeffc441 100644 --- a/docs/html/wear/preview/features/notifications.jd +++ b/docs/html/wear/preview/features/notifications.jd @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ material design
visual changes.
Figure 1. Comparison of the same notification in Android Wear 1.x and 2.0.
+Figure 1. Comparison of the same notification in Android Wear 1.x and 2.0.
Some of the visual updates include:
When you specify additional content pages - and actions for a notification, those are available to the user within the - expanded notification. Each expanded notification follows + and actions for a notification, those are available to the user within the + expanded notification. Each expanded notification follows Material Design for Android Wear, so the user gets an app-like experience.
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Figure 2. An expanded notification with content and actions.
+ + +If the first action in the expanded notification has a {@code RemoteInput} (e.g., a Reply action), then the choices you set with {@code setChoices()} @@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ material design visual changes.
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. + will provide; however be judicious with the amount of detail you include in a + notification.
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Additional content pages are stacked vertically in the expanded notification @@ -151,34 +154,36 @@ action in the notification unless a different action is specified using
If you have a chat messaging app, your notifications should use {@code Notification.MessagingStyle}, - which is new in Android 6.0. Wear 2.0 uses the chat messages included + which is new in Android N. Wear 2.0 uses the chat messages included in a {@code MessagingStyle} notification + (see {@code addMessage()}) to provide a rich chat app-like experience in the expanded notification.
-Note: {@code MessagingStyle} + +
Note: {@code MessagingStyle} expanded notifications require that you have at least version 1.5.0.2861804 of the Android Wear app on your paired Android phone. That version will be available within the next few weeks in the Play Store.
+Wear 2.0 also introduces Smart Reply for {@code MessagingStyle} notifications.
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Wear 2.0 also introduces Smart Reply +for {@code MessagingStyle} 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 + list of choices that the developer provides in {@code RemoteInput} - using the + using the {@code setChoices()} method.
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.
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Figure 3. The expanded notification includes contextually relevant - Smart Reply responses below the primary action. -
Responses generated by Smart Reply are shown in addition to those set using the {@code setChoices()} method. @@ -189,7 +194,7 @@ following: