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.
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App icon starts to be exposed with another icon what I don’t want after I include aar.
And I found the reason why it's overwrtten 'cause both have a same name.
That's why if I change the name of app icon what I want, it works.
How can I choose a specific icon for the app through manifest?
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
...
have u tried changing the name of the icon that you want in the manifest, there will be no problem. also change it in the manifest file
If you want to change your app icon name, you can do it without facing any problem and after changing the name of app icon you need to change also your icon name from your manifest too.
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"
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.
This may be a duplicate question:
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.
I am developing an app using Eclipse IDE Juno and Android SDK.
How do I change my app's icon?
Go into your AndroidManifest.xml file
Click on the Application Tab
Find the Text Box Labelled "Icon"
Then click the "Browse" button at the end of the text box
Click the Button Labelled: "Create New Icon..."
Create your icon
Click Finish
Click "Yes to All" if you already have the icon set to something
else.
Enjoy using a gui rather then messing with an image editor!
In your AndroidManifest.xml file
<application
android:name="ApplicationClass"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher" <--------
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
Icon creation wizard
Select your project
Ctrl+n
Android Icon Set
Look for this on your Manifest.xml android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher" then change the ic_launcher to the name of your icon which is on your #drawable folder.
You can find an easy guide here
The step are 2:
- Copy the icon in the correct folder/folders
- Change the AndroidManifest.xml
Rob R.'s answer was definitely the way to go. I tried copying the ic_launcher.png files from another project and Eclipse still wouldn't read them. Going through the manifest is much quicker and easier.
When I run my application, it's automatically create a droid-bot picture on surface of application. So, I want to change a picture, what should I do?
(1) create a PNG image (say icon.png) and save it in the folder:
res/drawable
(2) Then, in AndroidManifest.xml of your application add the icon tag in your application:
android:icon=”#drawable/icon”
e.g.
<application android:name ="yourAppMgr" android:icon="#drawable/icon"
//... >
AFAIK you can't change the icon of installed application with some completely custom one, but you can add application shortcut with custom image to the home screen from your application.