App icon is not changing in Xamarin forms

Question

I have a PNG icon file named icon.png and I want to use it as my Xamarin.Form app's icon. So here's what I've done -

Changed Application Icon from Android Options
Changed Icon = "@mipmap/icon" in MainActivity.cs file

Still it was showing the default Xamarin logo icon. Then I did the followings -

Changed <foreground android:drawable="@mipmap/icon" /> in icon.xml file
Changed <foreground android:drawable="@mipmap/icon" /> in icon_round.xml file

Now the default android icon is showing but not my icon. What to do? Please help.

I tried matching all the icons dimension to the default icons dimension, also tried the followings - 36px for idpi, 48px for mdpi, 72px for hdpi, 96px for xhdpi, 144px for xxhdpi

I also tried restarting VS, rebuilding the entire solution, clearing cache and temp files.

I've already did that. I think I've mentioned it in the question body. — Mahmudul Hasan, Sep 18 '20 at 02:36
Take a look at this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37945767/how-to-change-application-icon-in-xamarin-forms — Kyle, Sep 18 '20 at 17:53
@MahmudulHasan Normally, we reset the application icon using `Icon = "@mipmap/icon"`. This way works well on my side. Could you try to use a small icon file to test? — Wendy Zang - MSFT, Sep 21 '20 at 09:42
You mean a file with smaller size? My icon is approximately ~20kb. — Mahmudul Hasan, Sep 21 '20 at 10:05
The way i provided works well for me. Could you provide a example which uploads on GitHub for me to reproduce? — Wendy Zang - MSFT, Sep 22 '20 at 08:45
https://github.com/MahmudX/SchoolApp here is the project link. @WendyZang-MSFT — Mahmudul Hasan, Sep 22 '20 at 18:57

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '20 at 09:02

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I have checked the code sample. Do the changes below it would change the application icon.

Change the icon in MainActivity:

 Icon = "@drawable/logo"

Change the Application icon in Android Manifest:

Sceenshot:

answered Sep 23 '20 at 09:02

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Okay, now this actually helps. Thanks. – Mahmudul Hasan Sep 23 '20 at 17:05

App icon is not changing in Xamarin forms

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