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Res folder location in cordova

I am trying to add app icons to my Cordova app (android currently):
<platform name="android">
<icon src="res/icons/mipmap-ldpi/ic_launcher.png" density="ldpi" />
<icon src="res/icons/mipmap-mdpi/ic_launcher.png" density="mdpi" />
<icon src="res/icons/mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher.png" density="hdpi" />
<icon src="res/icons/mipmap-xdpi/ic_launcher.png" density="xhdpi" />
<icon src="res/icons/mipmap-xxdpi/ic_launcher.png" density="xxhdpi" />
<icon src="res/icons/mipmap-xxxdpi/ic_launcher.png" density="xxhdpi" />
</platform>
I get the error:
Source path does not exist: res/icons/mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher.png
I have tried multiple different paths in config.xml and tried multiple places where to actually put the images, but I haven't seen clearly in any documentation or stackoverflow questions where to actually put the icon files. They seem to need to be in a folder called res but I can't figure out where to put that folder in Cordova.
Edit:
I have tried to put the files in:
www/
www/res/
platforms/android/
platforms/android/res/
platforms/android/platform_www/
platforms/android/platform_www/res/

at the same level as www
/www
/res
/platforms/android

phonegap android app does not show my app icon :(

I am working on an android app with phonegap. I have tried all sorts of stuff to get my icon on the app, but have been unsuccessful. The android bot icon appears on the app when installed from apk.
I have this in config.xml:
<icon density="ldpi" src="www/res/icon/android/ldpi.png" />
<icon density="mdpi" src="www/res/icon/android/mdpi.png" />
<icon density="hdpi" src="www/res/icon/android/hdpi.png" />
<icon density="xhdpi" src="www/res/icon/android/xhdpi.png" />
<icon density="xxhdpi" src="www/res/icon/android/xxhdpi.png" />
I read http://devgirl.org/2013/09/12/phonegap-icons-and-splash-screens-help/
and the steps given here are already happening.
In my /platforms/android/res/ the desired icons and screens appear in the right drawable folder.
I dont know what i am doing wrong. cant just get the icon to show up.
I am not using the phonegap desktop app

Use the same filename (ic_launcher.png is the default and most common one) for all icons, while they are in different folders, and change your icons call in the config.xml file to this:
<icon src="folder-hdpi/ic_launcher.png"
gap:platform="android"
gap:density="hdpi"/>
<icon src="folder-mdpi/ic_launcher.png"
gap:platform="android"
gap:density="mdpi"/>
<icon src="folder-xhdpi/ic_launcher.png"
gap:platform="android"
gap:density="xhdpi"/>
<icon src="folder-xxhdpi/ic_launcher.png"
gap:platform="android"
gap:density="xxhdpi"/>
<icon src="folder-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher.png"
gap:platform="android"
gap:density="xxxhdpi"/>

Why does Phonegap replace my icon?

I've followed tutorials and solutions to Phonegap icon issues here on SO. From what I'm reading it looks like, if I'm building locally, I need to replace the PG icons in platforms/android/res/drawable (there are 3 diff folders in drawable that contain the icon) with my own. That is what I am doing. Here's where it gets weird. I replace these icons with my own (different icon, same name), then go to Terminal and do phonegap build android, and then if I navigate back to the drawables folders I see that my new icons have been replaced yet again with the default Phonegap robot icons. What am I missing?

Yes, the problem is that the platform folders are rebuilt every time you do a build or run from the PhoneGap CLI so you don't want to replace them in there manually. Instead you should keep them in a folder somewhere in the root of your project (named whatever you'd like), then refer to their paths in the config.xml file for the given platform. The PhoneGap CLI will will copy them down to the platform level for you automatically when you do a build, run etc. For Android it will copy them down to the platforms/android/res/drawable* folders specifically based on their density (ldpi etc). You just need to make sure you specify the right density attributes in the config.xml (or width/height for iOS) to match the correct paths in your root project where those can be found.
For instance, in the config.xml you may have the following for Android icons:
<platform name="android">
<icon density="ldpi" src="resources/android/ldpi-icon.png" />
<icon density="mdpi" src="resources/android/mdpi-icon.png" />
<icon density="hdpi" src="resources/android/hdpi-icon.png" />
<icon density="xhdpi" src="resources/android/xhdpi-icon.png" />
<icon density="xxhdpi" src="resources/android/xxhdpi-icon.png" />
<icon density="xxxhdpi" src="resources/android/xxxhdpi-icon.png" />
</platform>
Where resources is located in the root of your project at the same level as the www folder (ie: myProj/resources).
You can find more details about this in the Cordova docs for more details on configuring your icons.
If for some reason it doesn't work, check to make sure you have a recent version of the PhoneGap CLI or update to the latest.
~Holly

You have to add the icon configuration in you config.xml file inside your www root folder. Try adding something like this:
<platform name="android">
<icon src="res/android/ldpi.png" density="ldpi" />
<icon src="res/android/mdpi.png" density="mdpi" />
<icon src="res/android/hdpi.png" density="hdpi" />
<icon src="res/android/xhdpi.png" density="xhdpi" />
</platform>
The create these folders containing your icons and execute phonegap build android.

The answer was in fact to use this code block in config.xml at the root level (same level as www directory):
<icon src="www/res/icon/android/ldpi.png" platform="android" density="ldpi" />
<icon src="www/res/icon/android/mdpi.png" platform="android" density="mdpi" />
<icon src="www/res/icon/android/hdpi.png" platform="android" density="hdpi" />
<icon src="www/res/icon/android/xhdpi.png" platform="android" density="xhdpi" />
<icon src="www/res/icon/android/xxhdpi.png" platform="android" density="xxhdpi" />
<icon src="www/res/icon/android/xxxhdpi.png" platform="android" density="xxxhdpi"/>
Making sure, obviously, that those paths lead to your icons.

Phonegap CLI: "Upload failed You need to add an icon to your APK phonegap"

I have created an application for upload in with phonegap 3.5.0. I used the "Icons and Splash Screens" guide to create application icons, and they show up when running through debugging in the AVD and my phone. When I create the APK for upload to Google Play, however, I am prompted with "Upload failed
You need to add an icon to your APK."
What do I need to change the manifest file to in order for the be able to upload? Or is the error somewhere else? Thanks in advance for your help.

In your config.xml file > add your icons
Make sure that you placed the icon image in the folder res/android/
<platform name="android">
<icon src="res/android/ldpi.png" density="ldpi" />
<icon src="res/android/mdpi.png" density="mdpi" />
<icon src="res/android/hdpi.png" density="hdpi" />
<icon src="res/android/xhdpi.png" density="xhdpi" />
</platform>
for more information http://docs.phonegap.com/en/3.5.0/config_ref_images.md.html

Generating iOS and Android icons in Cordova / PhoneGap

I have a freshly created Cordova project with the following config.xml setup (used the instructions from http://docs.phonegap.com/en/edge/config_ref_images.md.html). I also added 2 platforms (iOS and Android).
When I run either cordova run ios or cordova run android, the project still has the default Cordova icons. My understanding from the documentation is that Corodva is supposed to create the icons automatically based in the icon.png I supplied in the config.xml.
config.xml:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget id="com.testapp" version="1.1.2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0">
<name>SingleApp</name>
<preference name="DisallowOverscroll" value="true" />
<preference name="AutoHideSplashScreen" value="false" />
<preference name="Orientation" value="portrait" />
<preference name="Fullscreen" value="false" />
<preference name="target-device" value="handset" />
<description>
A sample Apache Cordova application that responds to the deviceready event.
</description>
<author email="dev#cordova.apache.org" href="http://cordova.io">
Apache Cordova Team
</author>
<content src="index.html" />
<access origin="*" />
<icon src="icon.png" />
</widget>

I wrote a script that auto generates icons for cordova using ImageMagick:
https://github.com/AlexDisler/cordova-icon
To use it, create an "icon.png" file and place it in the root folder of your project, then run:
cordova-icon
and it will generate all the required icons for the platforms your project has.
You can also configure it as a hook in your cordova project so the icons will be generated every time you build the project based on the icon.png you've added. (instructions in the readme).

If you are using cordova 3.5.0 they have updated the docs. In older versions i've always had to replace the icons manually in the project but the latest version of cordova is working fine.
http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.5.0/config_ref_images.md.html#Icons%20and%20Splash%20Screens
As you can see here https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-cli/issues/58 it's been a common problem. So if you are using an older version of cordova i recommend to update it with the command npm update -g cordova
And after that you should update your config.xml to something like this:
<icon src="www/res/drawable-xxxhdpi/icon.png" />
<platform name="android">
<icon src="www/res/drawable-ldpi/icon.png" density="ldpi" />
<icon src="www/res/drawable-mdpi/icon.png" density="mdpi" />
<icon src="www/res/drawable-hdpi/icon.png" density="hdpi" />
<icon src="www/res/drawable-xhdpi/icon.png" density="xhdpi" />
</platform>
<platform name="ios">
<!-- iOS 7.0+ -->
<!-- iPhone / iPod Touch -->
<icon src="www/res/ios/icon-60.png" width="60" height="60" />
<icon src="www/res/ios/icon-60#2x.png" width="120" height="120" />
<!-- iPad -->
<icon src="www/res/ios/icon-76.png" width="76" height="76" />
<icon src="www/res/ios/icon-76#2x.png" width="152" height="152" />
<!-- iOS 6.1 -->
<!-- Spotlight Icon -->
<icon src="www/res/ios/icon-40.png" width="40" height="40" />
<icon src="www/res/ios/icon-40#2x.png" width="80" height="80" />
<!-- iPhone / iPod Touch -->
<icon src="www/res/ios/icon.png" width="57" height="57" />
<icon src="www/res/ios/icon#2x.png" width="114" height="114" />
<!-- iPad -->
<icon src="www/res/ios/icon-72.png" width="72" height="72" />
<icon src="www/res/ios/icon-72#2x.png" width="144" height="144" />
<!-- iPhone Spotlight and Settings Icon -->
<icon src="www/res/ios/icon-small.png" width="29" height="29" />
<icon src="www/res/ios/icon-small#2x.png" width="58" height="58" />
<!-- iPad Spotlight and Settings Icon -->
<icon src="www/res/ios/icon-50.png" width="50" height="50" />
<icon src="www/res/ios/icon-50#2x.png" width="100" height="100" />
</platform>
As you can see the URIs are relative to the cordova project's path, not to the www folder.

The config.xml settings for icons only works with the PhoneGap Build service. After adding both of your platforms you need to manually (or you can create a hook, but I haven't done that myself) place your icons in the correct paths.
For iOS:
PROJECT_PATH/platforms/ios/PROJECT_NAME/Resources/icons
For Android:
PROJECT_PATH/platforms/android/res/drawable
Android has many res/drawable-* folders, use as applies to your app but at minimum add to res/drawable
Then run cordova prepare or build or run

If you are willing to install extra software for icon generation you can use Ionic which has such function.
Do the following:
npm install ionic -g
Put png, psd or .ai files for icons and/or splashscreens to ${project_location}/resources
ionic resources
If you want to generate icons only there is a handy key for that:
ionic resources --icon
More details here

Don't you need to specify the folder that has the icon on it? Cordova replaces the icon with the default one when it is not found.
Have you tried to replace with something like:
<icon src="res/icon.png" />

npm install -g cordova-res
then cordova-res
also supports adaptive icons for android

Try following https://www.npmjs.org/package/cordova-gen-icon
Example:
$ cordova create hello com.example.hello
Creating a new cordova project with name "HelloCordova" and id "com.example.hello" at location "hello"
$ cd hello
$ cordova platform add ios
Creating ios project...
Preparing ios project
$ cordova-gen-icon
Generate cordova icons with
project: .
icon : ./www/img/logo.png
target :
generate iOS icons
Success generate icon set

A little explication for people who say <icon src="res/icon.png" /> Not work !
You must put icon.png in both this folders
project_name/res/
and
project_name/platforms/platform_name/res/
Steps:
cordova create hello com.example.hello HelloWorld
cd hello
Copy your icon.png to project_name/res/
Open config.xml and put <icon src="res/icon.png" />
After that run
cordova platform add android
Now copy your icon.png to ... hello/platforms/android/res/
then
cordova build android
and finally
adb install platforms/android/build/outputs/apk/android-debug.apk
After that you can see on device your app with your icon

Please upload your icon here: https://pgicons.abiro.com/
You can easily get all things from one station, like Icons(All Platforms), Splash Screens(All Platforms), config.xml (with generated icon name and path).
You just need to replace the res folder and update config.xml, nothing else.