I'm currently having problems with Android Oreo showing the notification icon correctly in the status bar and on the notification itself (screenshots provided below).
To create the icons, I am using Android 3.1, right clicking on the res folder and choosing New > Image Asset. Within that, I'm uploading an all white png (as per docs) and selecting a red background as per screenshot:
Within the AndroidManifest.xml, I set the icon like this:
<application
...
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
The actual App looks correct, but the notification icon does not show up correctly.
Notification icon errors: