Android Question App Icon Sizes

[DawningTruth]

With regard to this thread on App Icon Setup:

Adaptive Icons

Updated instructions are available here: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/adaptive-icons-simple-instructions-and-tips.123843/ Starting from Android 8 apps should include an adaptive icon. Without it the icon will appear as a small icon inside the larger template: (B4A designer still...

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What size in pixels do you make the various icons:

background.png:
foreground.png:
ic_launcher.png:

Thx

 

[Brian Dean]

Read about adaptive icons here. The icons should be 108dp square, but it is not quite as simple as that.

 

[DawningTruth]

Thx @Brian Dean , any idea on how do get those dp values using a graphics design software? i.e. what is the conversion between dp and pix

 

[Brian Dean]

I have forgotten what "dp" means, but it is equivalent to pixels in this context (it has always worked for me, anyway), so make your icons 108 pixels square.

 

[drgottjr]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2025282/what-is-the-difference-between-px-dip-dp-and-sp
will tell you more than you would ever care to know about dp. i use 216px x 216px as my base. i read somewhere that that resolves to 108dp...
anyway, if you install android studio, you can use it to generate the adaptive icons. it churns them out easy in all the various sizes recommended by google. you don't have to give up b4a for development. the hardest part is figuring out what makes a good icon.

keep android studio separate from your b4a sdk (i keep mine on a separate laptop, locked away in a storage unit on the other side of the city to avoid contamination.) after you have your icons, the final steps can be found here on the forum.

 

[Jorge M A]

Maybe useful online tool: https://easyappicon.com/

 

[DawningTruth]

Thx for all the assistance everyone. I eventually used Android Studio to produce the icons. One tip that was not celar in any of the instructions for others finding this post. You need to copy all the generated files into your B4x project res folder. Just be careful not to overwrite any existing files in the folder.

Here is how my res directory looks:

 

[drgottjr]

One tip that was not celar in any of the instructions for others finding this post.

to be clear, i did indicate that you needed to refer to the forum for necessary final steps. more is involved than just copying the generated res folder to your project. i'm sorry i didn't emphasize that phase. i'm guessing your solution worked out, although it differs from erel's instructions as i recall having read (and used) them.