How to change launcher icon of android app during run time?
I am getting icon from server and want to change it dynamically.
In shortcut icon its working but menu icon is not changing.
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Basically it should be impossible but there is a possible workaround. You can change your manifest to point at multiple drawables.
Create multiple activity-alias tags in Manifest for your MAIN
launcher activity and give a different icon drawable to it. You can
then choose a particular activity-alias via your code as per your
requirement.
Open your android studio as an android application go to res folder inside res folder one folder mipmap. Inside mipmap two folders are showing ic_launcher and ic_launcher_round. Replace with your desired icon of your application and rename your desired icon as ic_launcher.png.
Path=Android project>res>mipmap>ic_launcher and ic_launcher_round > put/replace your desired icon in both folder after renaming abc.png to ic_launcher.png and abc.png to ic_launcher_round.png. You can find the location from manifest file from the mentioned line> android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher" . Press ctrl+(mouse click) you will reach to same location. Change your desired icon and enjoy.
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I have replaced the standard android studio app icon (ic_launcher) with my own(one for each dimension in the mipmap folders) and deleted the ic_launcher round icons since i won't be using round icons on my app. The problem is that although the icons show up correctly in the res->mipmap->ic_launcher folder, when i install the app on my phone the app's icon is the default one and not the one i chose. Also, if you go into tje phone's app info, the app's icon shows up correctly. I have no clue on why this is happening. Any idea?
Go to manifest and look for roundicon and dont forget to change there.
Go to manifest and replace default icon name with yours here:
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:roundIcon="#mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
I have my own application. And I need to make a function in my app, which will create my own icon in android launcher to some activity in this application. How can I do it? Thanks for your help.
P.S. I don't need to EDIT my current icon, I need to CREATE NEW icon with some params to my app (like intent), icon should have my own picture and text.
It's should work like chrome function "Add to home screen" which can add a website to your launcher.
you can change app icon in manifest
android:icon="#drawable/your_icon_image"
Add your icon to mipmap folder, then inside your manifest add this value inside application tag :
<application
...
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
tools:replace="android:icon">
Also it's not recomanded to put it inside drawable folder, make sure it's inside mipmap folder.
I have changed android app's icon by copying the 'res' folder generated from the https://romannurik.github.io/AndroidAssetStudio/icons-launcher.html
But recently I updated my android studio to 2.2 preview 4 . When I changed the app icon by following the same procedure mentioned above,the icon is not changing some how it still the default android icon
The things I tried are
Searched for ic_launcher.png in the res folder and make sure that there is no other file than the custom one I made.
Restarted the project.
It worked when I renamed my ic_launcher.png to ic_launcher1.png
Either you find all the images of ic_launcher in mipmap if using android studio or in drawable if using eclipse or also you can go inside manifest file and change app icon from application tag named as icon
In your manifest you can change here in your application tag
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
to add your image into res folder go to mipmap open it with click go to Image Asset and select there image and select it from its location, go to image location and then select it, just added the image on res folder and selected its on of type from xxxhdpi.png, xxhdpi.png xhdpi.png hdpi.png.. I selected hdpi.png from that
And then go to AndroidManifest.xml and change ic_launcher to your selected image type or press ctrl+space you will get all the option you have
(android:icon="#mipmap/hdpi" )
This is the folder with all the icon files
Now in my manifest, I'm not sure how to go about adding these icons.
android:icon="#drawable/"
Not sure what to put =/
I've tried putting #drawable/ic_mood_black_48dp and it still doesn't work
Put
android:icon="#drawable/ic_mood_black_48dp"
Those folders are for different resolution screens, and the appropriate png will be automatically shown based on device resolution. The name remains same for all of them, so this should be enough.
Android Studio should autocomplete your typing in the manifest as you type it:
android:icon="#drawable/ic_mood_black_48dp"
I had to move all the drawable folders outside of the folder 'drawable'.
Is there any way that set the application Icon and Name from an external resource such as an image which embedded inside the assets/ folder in the project?
Or is there any way that let us set icon and name of app without using AndroidManifest.xml file?
Is there any way that set the application Icon and Name from an external resource such as an image which embedded inside the assets/ folder in the project?
No.
Or is there any way that let us set icon and name of app without using AndroidManifest.xml file?
No.
For your activities, you can override the title and/or icon used in the action bar or title bar, if that is your actual objective. However, you cannot change the values used for things like the home screen launcher icon or your app's entry in the application list in Settings.
No it is not possible . You should send an update and things would change in accordance with AndroidManifest.xml .
So what I will suggest is, to send an update
I found the answer. by Using APKtool