Android system<\/a> never\u00a0strips this resource, and ensures that launcher apps can pick icons with the best resolution for display.<\/p>\nIt makes sure launcher apps show a high-resolution icon for your app by moving all densities of your launcher icons to density-specific res\/mipmap\/ folders (for example res\/mipmap-mdpi\/ and res\/mipmap-xxxhdpi\/). App\u00a0uses\u00a0mipmap\/ folders instead of\u00a0the drawable\/ folders for launcher icons. For xxhpdi launcher icons, be sure to add the higher resolution xxxhdpi versions of the icons to enhance the visual experience of the icons on higher resolution devices.<\/span><\/p>\nManifest changes<\/span><\/h3>\nWhen we\u00a0place\u00a0our launcher icons in\u00a0the mipmap-[density] folders, \u00a0we change the launcher icon references in the AndroidManifest.xml file\u00a0to reference the mipmap\/ location. Following code snippet shows\u00a0the manifest file referencing the ic_launcher icon to\u00a0the mipmap\/ folder.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Screen](\"\/blog\/wp-ttn-blog\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-28-at-12.34.55-am.png\")
<\/span><\/p>\nNexus 6 device example<\/span><\/h3>\nThe Nexus 6 has\u00a0screen display at a resolution of 2560 x 1440. This translates to ~ 730 x 410 dp.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>It has a quantized density of 560 dpi, which falls in between the xxhdpi and xxxhdpi. \u00a0For the<\/span> Nexus 6, the platform will scale down xxxhdpi assets, but if those aren\u2019t available, then it will scale up xxhdpi assets which might look\u00a0blurred due to scaling up.\u00a0Provide at least an xxxhdpi app icon so that\u00a0devices can display large app icons on the launcher by scaling it down without showing fuzziness.\u00a0An xxxhdpi app icon can be used on the launcher for an xxhdpi device.<\/p>\n![\"Screen](\"\/blog\/wp-ttn-blog\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-28-at-12.56.06-am.png\")
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Side effect<\/h3>\n
Adding xxxhdpi versions will provide a sharper visual experience on the Nexus 6, but it will also increase your apk size.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThanks for reading!<\/p>\n
Happy coding!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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