Android Question Displaying a custom icon of application

[Lakhtin_V]

I am debugging my application and want to see a specially created icon for my application on the smartphone screen. What features should be specified in the manifest and where exactly should the file with the icon be placed? What parameters should the file with the icon have? I follow the recommendations on this forum, but the problem is not solved, the icon looks standard - a blue leaf or a green robot's head.

In manifest

SetApplicationAttribute(android:icon, "icon1.png")
SetApplicationAttribute(android:label, "Spector_V1.01")
SetApplicationAttribute(android:largeHeap,"true")
SetApplicationAttribute(android:usesCleartextTraffic,"true")

 

[aeric]

 

[Lakhtin_V]

his hasn't helped yet, the icon is still standard, After installing the application via the bridge. Maybe there is some connection with the creation of a new configuration package and there are nuances in installing the application.

 

[aeric]

If the icon is not updated, try uninstall the app and compile again.
Nothing special need to be done to the manifest editor to change the icon. The IDE takes care of it.

 

[teddybear]

If you want to display a customized icon of application, you just need to replace this icon.png

 

[drgottjr]

i think teddybear has summed things up, but just in case you didn't look close enough at his attached image:
the default location for the icon is Objects\res\drawable. the default image is icon.png.
the easiest way to have your custom icon be the app icon is to put your custom icon in
Objects\res\drawable, delete icon.png and rename your custom icon icon.png. and to be
on the safe side, set its attributes to readable (you can try without performing that step).

the ide expects to find some things where it expects to find them. unless you have the
manifest say otherwise, the ide will look for (or create) a default icon.png in Objects\res\drawable.
sometimes - at least in the old days - it would overwrite custom elements with its default elements.
that is why i suggest making your custom icon.png readable only. this stops the ide. but you are
welcome to try without that step. worst case, you re-copy your custom icon and make it readable only.

that said, and in the spirt of full disclosure, this is not the only place where you can put
icons. adaptive icons are located in several folders.

 

[mcqueccu]

@aeric has given you exactly what you needed.

Make sure to restore the manifest icon line to default.

SetApplicationAttribute(android:icon, "@drawable/icon")

Then Menu bar:
Project->Choose Icon (Then browse and select the image you want)

For Android the icon size should be 512 x 512.
After setting, you can Clean your project and run the app. You can also Use @teddybear method to verify if the icon image has been changed, from that location

 

[aeric]

If you want to change the default icon in B4A, replace the file hdpi_icon.png (128x128) in B4A installation directory (same path of B4A.exe).
If you didn't choose an icon, B4A will use this icon as your app icon.

 

[BlueVision]

I don't want hijack the thread, but maybe that's what this is more about? It's worth a try... but maybe I've misinterpreted the whole problem.

Have you tried this?

 

[mcqueccu]

 

[Lakhtin_V]

If I understood correctly, I was offered two different methods of using a custom icon. Method 1 is replacing the icon at the debugging and development stage, here it is better to replace the main B4A icon. In the B4A service directory. Method 2 is to use the menu item Project->Choose Icon for installing a custom icon in the package for distribution to users. Both methods are fundamentally different. But what if I am simultaneously developing and debugging several applications at the same time. Then method 1 will not be convenient. I hoped that the line in the manifest and placing the icon inside the directory with files would be the most optimal.

 

[aeric]

In most cases, my answer in post #2 is the way to go.
A single icon.png file is stored in Objects\res\drawable for each project.
You don't need to manually edit the manifest.
I don't understand your case and I think you are making things more complicated.

 

[Brian Dean]

But what if I am simultaneously developing and debugging several applications at the same time.

You seem to be saying that changing the icon as @aeric suggests in post #2 changes the icon for all new projects. That is not the case; only the icon of the current project is changed. You can give each of your projects a different icon - quite simple.

 

[Lakhtin_V]

In most cases, my answer in post #2 is the way to go.
A single icon.png file is stored in Objects\res\drawable for each project.
You don't need to manually edit the manifest.
I don't understand your case and I think you are making things more complicated.

After I clicked the menu item Objects\res\drawable at the address you specified, my file appeared there. But when installing via Bridge on the phone, the icon still turns out to be standard. I still don't understand what size the icon should be in the place you specified, maybe this is the reason or that I am installing via Bridge

 

[aeric]

Check this:

adaptive design questions

Hi, I've been reading here and some google specifications. I have two questions. Fist, I've added the images and manifest code into my project; I see the adaptative icon on Android 8 but I see the green droid on Android 7.1 (in spite of leaving the original PNG icon files where they were)...

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The instruction is here:

Adaptive Icons - simple instructions and tips

All apps should have an adaptive icon. If you are not familiar with these icons then start here: Adaptive Icons Instruction steps: Create a new folder in the root project folder named icon. Create two folders inside that folder with the following files: mipmap: ic_launcher.png -...

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