notification icon gets cropped

Question

I use notification in my app and I have problem with the icon of the notifications. The problem is that when the notification received with the text the icon gets cropped and it looks very bad. after the ticker ends the icon looks fine. I added a image with how it's look when the notification arriving and after the ticker is finished.

I can't use notificationCompat because my app needs to support api level 8. how can I fix this problem without changing the size of the icon to 36X36 px? this problem only happens in nexus 4 and htc one, in all of the samsung devices i checked (s2 4.1.2, s2 4.0.3, s3 4.1.2, s4 4.2.2, galaxy y) it works fine.

thanks in advanace

Edit:

I managed to make the notification not to be cropped. BUT! when I add ticker Text (which is something I must add) the notification gets cropped again. What could make that happen?

Answer 1

notification icon must be 24x24 dp for optimal solution on most devices.

see

http://developer.android.com/design/style/iconography.html#notification

or create the following notification sizes:

• 96x96px in drawable-xxxhdpi

• 72x72px size in drawable-xxhdpi

• 48x48px in drawable-xhdpi

• 36x36px in drawable-hdpi

• 24x24px in drawable-mdpi

• 18x18px in drawable-ldpi

also it better to centerized your icon in the middle of the icon image with transparent space around it.

Google has updated their icon design page, here is another link that shows the optimum icon sizes for you app resources.

http://www.creativepulse.gr/en/blog/2014/icon-sizes-for-android-apps