Android app icon is default icon on homescreen

Question

I cannot update the icon on the homescreen. It is the green robot default android icon. How can I change this to the icon?

I have added icons in the app > src > res folder for different resolutions.

I am uploaing my app using the play console. Any ideas?

My manifest states:

  android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"

The name matches the image in the assets folders.

Here is a link to my repo:

https://bitbucket.org/matthisco/ejected-calendar/src/master/android/app/src/main/

check your manifest file under application tag find `android:icon` change its value to your new icon — V-rund Puro-hit, Sep 05 '18 at 11:38
in this case recheck all images.. in all folder there might be on left out — V-rund Puro-hit, Sep 05 '18 at 11:45
@Bomber I can not access your repo. Is it public? Or add me to it so I can take a look — sebasira, Sep 06 '18 at 12:06
@Bomber Did you ever come to a solution? I'm experiencing the same issue too.. — Friendly-Robot, Sep 28 '18 at 07:54
Nevermind, I don't know why this page was one of the few results from Google. Google is broken. Anyways, if anyone is landing here. Here is the solution: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33876329/android-change-app-icon/37414062#37414062 — Friendly-Robot, Sep 28 '18 at 18:31
Does this answer your question? [Set icon for Android application](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5350624/set-icon-for-android-application) — Josh Correia, Jul 21 '20 at 06:15

varun setia · Answer 1 · 2018-09-05T12:15:57.410

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Change project to android than go to res>mipmap>paste your icon there (iconName.png) replace

android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" in manifest

to

android:icon="@mipmap/iconName"

edited Sep 05 '18 at 12:15

answered Sep 05 '18 at 11:55

varun setia

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 05 '18 at 11:55

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You can update the homescreen icon as follows:

In AndroidManifest.xml under application tag

 <application
  android:icon="@mipmap/yourdesiredIcon"/> // replace ic_launcher to desired icon

answered Sep 05 '18 at 11:55

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 05 '18 at 11:40

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Goto app > src > main > res

rename your icon to ic_launcher.png and paste it to all mipmap folders

answered Sep 05 '18 at 11:40

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 05 '18 at 11:43

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The correct folder where the Android icon must be placed is res->mipmap-xxxx where xxxx signals the screen resolution.

Also check that your manifiest is using it. Open the manifest and in the application tag you should have something like this:

android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"

Also verify you icon is named ic_launcher.

As you can see that entry in the manifest says "go look for the icon in the mipmap folder, use the one named ic_launcher"

answered Sep 05 '18 at 11:43

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does it need the `.png` ? – Bomber Sep 05 '18 at 11:43
Yes, they are .png files. Also the filename must be all lowercase – sebasira Sep 05 '18 at 11:56

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 22 '22 at 02:18

I faced the same issue, but I realized that in the Android Manifest

android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"

were pointing to the same images, which were square. The phone I was testing on had a round icon, and so the default android image was displaying, I presume because the format was incorrect. When I then tested on a phone with a square image, the images were displaying correctly.

Android app icon is default icon on homescreen

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