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diff --git a/docs/html/training/wearables/notifications/creating.jd b/docs/html/training/wearables/notifications/creating.jd
index d6ad34a..9398f96 100644
--- a/docs/html/training/wearables/notifications/creating.jd
+++ b/docs/html/training/wearables/notifications/creating.jd
@@ -208,9 +208,12 @@
<b>.setStyle(bigStyle);</b>
</pre>
-<p>Notice that you can add a large background image to any notification using the
+<p>Notice that you can add a large icon image to any notification using the
{@link android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.Builder#setLargeIcon setLargeIcon()}
-method. For more information about designing notifications with large images, see the
+method. However, these icons appear as large background images on a wearable and do not look
+good as they are scaled up to fit the wearable screen. To add a wearable-specific background image
+to a notification, see <a href="#AddWearableFeatures">Add Wearable Features For a Notification</a>.
+For more information about designing notifications with large images, see the
<a href="{@docRoot}design/wear/index.html">Design Principles of Android
Wear</a>.</p>
@@ -244,7 +247,8 @@
// Create a WearableExtender to add functionality for wearables
NotificationCompat.WearableExtender wearableExtender =
new NotificationCompat.WearableExtender()
- .setHintHideIcon(true);
+ .setHintHideIcon(true)
+ .setBackground(mBitmap);
// Create a NotificationCompat.Builder to build a standard notification
// then extend it with the WearableExtender
@@ -257,12 +261,21 @@
</pre>
<p>The
- {@link android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.WearableExtender#setHintHideIcon setHintHideIcon()}
- method is just one example of new notification features available with
- {@link android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.WearableExtender}.
-</p>
+{@link android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.WearableExtender#setHintHideIcon setHintHideIcon()}
+and {@link android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.WearableExtender#setBackground setBackground()}
+methods are just two examples of new notification features available with
+{@link android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.WearableExtender}.</p>
-<p>If you ever need to read wearable-specifc options at a later time, use the corresponding get
+<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> The bitmap that you use with
+{@link android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.WearableExtender#setBackground setBackground()}
+should have a resolution of 400x400 for non-scrolling backgrounds and 640x400 for backgrounds
+that support parallax scrolling. Place these bitmap images in the <code>res/drawable-nodpi</code>
+directory of your handheld app. Place other non-bitmap resources for wearable notifications, such
+as those used with the
+{@link android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.WearableExtender#setContentIcon setContentIcon()}
+method, in the <code>res/drawable-hdpi</code> directory of your handheld app.</p>
+
+<p>If you ever need to read wearable-specific options at a later time, use the corresponding get
method for the option. This example calls the
{@link android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.WearableExtender#getHintHideIcon()} method to
get whether or not this notification hides the icon:
@@ -272,6 +285,7 @@
boolean hintHideIcon = wearableExtender.getHintHideIcon();
</pre>
+
<h2 id="Deliver">Deliver the Notification</h2>
<p>When you want to deliver your notifications, always use the
{@link android.support.v4.app.NotificationManagerCompat} API instead of