Where can I find Android's default icons?

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Standard Android menu icons, for example refresh

Where can I find the name of the default Android menu icons (like refresh or compose)?

The code below has an error stating that the resource is not public

<item
    android:id="@+id/preference"
    android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_refresh"
    android:showAsAction="ifRoom" />

[Material Design Icons Index](https://google.github.io/material-design-icons/), download from [GitHub](https://github.com/google/material-design-icons). — naXa stands with Ukraine, Apr 25 '15 at 12:28
Link shared in Jagdeep Singh's answer is perfect answer. Its by Google itself: https://design.google.com/icons/ — Atul, Jun 02 '16 at 18:35
Related post - [How to use default Android drawables](https://stackoverflow.com/q/3201643/465053) & [Where are all the standard Android icon resources?](https://stackoverflow.com/q/7352898/465053) — RBT, Aug 10 '18 at 00:53

score 136 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 31 '17 at 10:46

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\path-to-your-android-sdk-folder\platforms\android-xx\data\res

edited Dec 31 '17 at 10:46

frogatto

answered Nov 01 '12 at 21:28

but i cannot find Android.Resource.Drawable.Information_icon icon file in there. where can i find it? – ttotto May 08 '15 at 03:09
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in Windows: `C:\Users\your-user\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platforms\android-XX\data\res` – Junior Mayhé Nov 28 '15 at 22:09
any way to view these xml files as images and scan them rapidly like in a photo gallery? – morpheus Jul 02 '19 at 16:46
for me this works, E:\SoftWares\Android-SDK\platforms\android-26\data\res\drawable-hdpi – Ramesh kumar Feb 15 '22 at 12:06

koljaTM · Answer 2 · 2012-11-01T21:48:48.667

96

you can use

android.R.drawable.xxx

(use autocomplete to see whats in there)

edited Nov 01 '12 at 21:48

answered Nov 01 '12 at 21:30

koljaTM

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Too bad there's not an index page with thumbnails of each, like with Bootstrap or Glyphicons. – Joshua Pinter Aug 18 '14 at 17:13
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Be careful with this. The icons can change or disappear in different android versions. Adding them as icons to your app is always safest. – Janusz Sep 13 '14 at 07:56
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That is for programmatically approach, how can I use this in `xml` ? – RoCkDevstack Sep 08 '16 at 05:39
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@RoCk You can use `@android:drawable/...` in the src property of your view. – Shahraiz T. Dec 30 '16 at 11:50

score 37 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 24 '15 at 06:03

37

You can find the default Android menu icons here - ~~link is broken now.~~

Update: You can find Material Design icons here.

edited Jul 24 '15 at 06:03

Community

answered Nov 01 '12 at 21:57

Jagdeep Singh

This answer was flagged as "low quality". You can try adding some more text next time. – alestanis Nov 01 '12 at 22:14
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Read the question. According to question it is enough. – Jagdeep Singh Nov 01 '12 at 22:16
I know, it was flagged by the automatic StackOverflow system, this is why I'm telling you, so next time your answers won't get flagged :) – alestanis Nov 01 '12 at 22:17
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Please don't change your answering style just to conform to some broken automatic system; the system needs to be fixed if the answer is indeed good enough. – Karu Jan 23 '14 at 05:48
The provided link is broken. – Hannah Jul 23 '15 at 23:55
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@Hannah Updated the answer. – Jagdeep Singh Jul 24 '15 at 06:04
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This IS PERFECT answer. The link has got almost all the icons. – Atul Jun 02 '16 at 18:34

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