What should be the default launcher icon size

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I refer to the documentation at http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/icon_design.html#icon-sets

Hence, I plan to have the following directory structures.

res/
    drawable/   
        icon.png (? x ? px)
    drawable-ldpi/  
        icon.png (36x36 px)
    drawable-mdpi/  
        icon.png (48x48 px)
    drawable-hdpi/  
        icon.png (72x72 px)

However, I cannot find any documentation, to mention the size of default launcher icon size.

May I know what should be the default launcher icon size?

score 15 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '14 at 05:55

Android icon sizes

ldpi : 36x36px (120 dpi / 47 dpcm)
mdpi : 48x48px (160 dpi / 62 dpcm)
hdpi : 72x72px (240 dpi / 94 dpcm)
xhdpi : 96x96px (320 dpi / 126 dpcm)
xxhdpi : 144x144px (480 dpi / 189 dpcm)
xxxhdpi : 192x192px (640 dpi / 252 dpcm)

dip : 48x48dip (dip = dp)

mm : 76 mm (depends on the real device dpi)

iPhone icon sizes (dpi is a bit different on iPads)

non-retina : 57x57px (163 dpi / 64 dpcm)
retina : 114x114px (326 dpi / 128 dpcm)

mm : 89 mm

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 07 '11 at 15:46

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I don't think you need to supply an image in the drawable/ directory if you have populated drawable-ldpi/ drawable-mdpi/ and drawable-hdpi/ with launcher icons.

answered Apr 07 '11 at 15:46

dave.c

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Any document reference on your statement? – Cheok Yan Cheng Apr 08 '11 at 00:40
@Yan Cheng CHEOK I've not seen a document that states it explicitly, but all the docs I've read either talk about populating `drawable/` *or* `drawable-ldpi/`, `drawable-mdpi/` and `drawable-hdpi/`, not both. In my own app I don't have the base `drawable/` directory and have not found any issues with launcher icon scaling on various devices. – dave.c Apr 08 '11 at 11:56
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Plain "drawable" resources are necessary for Android 1.5, API 3 devices. The drawable-DENSITYdpi directories were introduced with Android 1.6. – Thane Anthem May 05 '11 at 10:50

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 20 '12 at 07:00

The Android icon guidelines say that the baseline should be assumed to be mdpi, so if you're using the default drawable directory, images should be designed according to those guidelines (48x48 for launcher icons). According to the documentation:

The system assumes that default resources are designed for the baseline screen size and density, which is a normal screen size and a medium density. (from http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html)

There's a bit of information there regarding when images from the default drawable directory are used too, but nothing specific.

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 07 '11 at 15:24

Maybe the following link will help you

http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/icon_design_launcher.html#size5

According to Icon Design launcher:

Launcher icon dimensions for high-density (hdpi) screens:

Full Asset: 72 x 72 px

Icon: 60 x 60 px

Square Icon: 56 x 56 px

Launcher icon dimensions for medium-density (mdpi) screens:

Full Asset: 48 x 48 px

Icon: 40 x 40 px

Square Icon: 38 x 38 px

Launcher icon dimensions for low-density (ldpi) screens:

Full Asset: 36 x 36 px

Icon: 30 x 30 px

Square Icon: 28 x 28 px

Ya. I know that. But what should be "default"? – Cheok Yan Cheng Apr 07 '11 at 15:29 — Cheok Yan Cheng, Apr 07 '11 at 15:29

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 10 '12 at 09:20

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According to http://developer.android.com/design/style/iconography.html, the default launcher icon size should be 48 x 48 pixels.

answered Oct 10 '12 at 09:20

Jay Sidri

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