- Android Icon Sizes
- Launcher
- Action Bar
- The following table shows sizes of interface icons in pixels
- Android Menu Icons
- Android Tab Icons
- App Tab Bar People Icons
- High Resolution App Tab Bar Icons for iPhone
- Hotel Tab Bar Icons
- Perfect Toolbar Icons
- Business Toolbar Icons
- Tek Eye
- What is the Android Icon Size for an App?
- Android Screen Densities
- Android Launcher Icon Name and Location
- Android Icon Margins
- Android Bitmap Assets Ratios
- Android Icon Size Table
- See Also
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- Android Icon Sizes Made Simple (4.1)
- This article has now been superseded by the latest Lollipop 6.0 Android Icon Size Guide. Please click on the image below for the latest information.
- What are Android Icon Sizes?
- Android Icon Sizes – App Launcher
- What about the Google Play Icon?
- Understanding Android Icon Sizes
- Need an expert to design your Android icons?
- Android Icon Sizes – User interface
- Android Action bar Icon Sizes
- Android Small / Contextual Icon Sizes
- Android Notification Icon Sizes
- Need Android icons?
- 30 thoughts on “Android Icon Sizes Made Simple (4.1)”
Android Icon Sizes
Android devices use the following screen pixel densities:
Low — ldpi — 120 dpi
Medium — mdpi — 160 dpi
High — hdpi — 240 dpi
Extra high — xhdpi — 320 dpi
Extra Extra high — xxhdpi — 480 dpi
Because each icon is required in multiple sizes to support different densities, the official design guidelines refer to the icon dimensions in dp (density-independent pixels) units, which are based on the pixel dimensions of a medium-density (MDPI) screen.
To create an icon for different densities, you should follow the 1.5:2:3:4:6 scaling ratio between these screen densities (low, medium, high, x-high, and xx-high). For example, consider that the size for a launcher icon is specified to be 48×48 dp. This means the baseline (MDPI) asset is 48×48 px, and the high density (HDPI) asset should be 1.5x the baseline at 72×72 px, and the x-high density (XHDPI) asset should be 2x the baseline at 96×96 px, and the xx-high density (XXHDPI) asset should be 3x the baseline at 144×144 px, and the low density (LDPI) asset should be at 36×36 px.
Note: Normally you don’t need to create custom assets for low density screens because Android effectively down-scales your HDPI assets by 1/2 to match the expected size.
Launcher
Use a distinct silhouette. Three-dimensional, front view, with a slight perspective as if viewed from above, so that users perceive some depth.
Launcher icons for Android Market must be 512×512 pixels.
Action Bar
Generally you should use an optical square inside full PNG images to draw objects and do not use a space between the optical square and icon borders.
The following table shows sizes of interface icons in pixels
Density | Launcher | Menu | Action Bar | Status Bar and Notification | Tab | Pop-up Dialog and List View | Small and Contextual |
ldpi | 36×36 px | 36×36 / 24×24 px | 24×24 / 18×18 px | 18×18 / 16×16 px | 24×24 / 22×22 px | 24×24 px | 12×12 / 9×9 px |
mdpi | 48×48 px | 48×48 / 32×32 px | 32×32 / 24×24 px | 24×24 / 22×22 px | 32×32 / 28×28 px | 32×32 px | 16×16 / 12×12 px |
hdpi | 72×72 px | 72×72 / 48×48 px | 48×48 / 36×36 px | 36×36 / 33×33 px | 48×48 / 42×42 px | 48×48 px | 24×24 / 18×18 px |
xhdpi | 96×96 px | 96×96 / 64×64 px | 64×64 / 48×48 px | 48×48 / 44×44 px | 64×64 / 56×56 px | 64×64 px | 32×32 / 24×24 px |
xxhdpi | 144×144 px | 144×144 / 96×96 px | 96×96 / 72×72 px) | 72×72 / 66×66 px | 96×96 / 84×84 px | 96×96 px | 48×48 / 36×36 px |
Note: the first icon dimension in table cell is full asset size, the second icon dimension is optical square. Dimension values are in pixels.
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You will find a handful of Android icons used in Tek Eye projects on the Free Launcher Icons, Menu Icons and Android Graphics page, and of course many thousands more on the web. For information on designing Android icons see the Android Icons Style web page on the Material Design web site. See Also
Author: Daniel S. Fowler Published: 2018-05-06 Do you have a question or comment about this article?(Alternatively, use the email address at the bottom of the web page.) ↓markdown↓ CMS is fast and simple. Build websites quickly and publish easily. For beginner to expert. Free Android Projects and Samples: Источник Android Icon Sizes Made Simple (4.1)This article has now been superseded by the latest Lollipop 6.0 Android Icon Size Guide. Please click on the image below for the latest information.What are Android Icon Sizes?It is a simple question but even Android, who provide better documentation than most, seems to make you want to work a little for the answer. Fear not, I have done the work for you! Android Icon Sizes – App LauncherWhat sizes do I need for Android App launcher icons? If you want to design your own or commission a professional to design your custom icons, you really need to know the right sizes. Quick answer: 48 px, 72 px, 96 px, 144 px, 192 px & 512 px (for Google Play Store). What about the Google Play Icon?Google play requires a single additional version of the Icon in 512 x 512 pixels. Understanding Android Icon SizesAndroid approach their Icon Size documentation slightly differently to other platforms, concentrating on different pixel densities rather than the simple facts we want. However, it is worth taking a moment to understand why they use this approach. As technology has progressed, manufacturers have brought out hardware with ever increasing resolutions and pixel density. An increase in pixel density or dots per inch (dpi), basically means more image information can be displayed with.
Note: Android also supports low-density (LDPI) screens, but you normally don’t need to create custom assets at this size because Android effectively down-scales your HDPI assets by 1/2 to match the expected size. Need an expert to design your Android icons?We will create a design you love, that also converts more customers. Android Icon Sizes – User interfaceAll Android icons follow the same scaling rules, so when creating your icon files you must make 5 versions to cover all the platforms available. The table below shows the pixel densities and icon sizes for the different types of user interface icons used by Android:
Whilst the user interface icons follow the same scaling rules as the app launcher icon, they also have some additional display rules of their own: Android Action bar Icon SizesAction Bar Icons require a file size of 32×32 pixels at the baseline size (MDPI). However, the image itself must be no more than 24×24 pixels centred within the Icon file. The Icon Design must be single colour #666666 with a transparency set to 60% Android Small / Contextual Icon SizesAction Bar Icons require a file size of 16×16 pixels at the baseline size (MDPI). However, the image itself must be no more than 12×12 pixels centred within the Icon file. The Icon Design must be single colour #666666 with a transparency set to 60% Android Notification Icon SizesAction Bar Icons require a file size of 24×24 pixels at the baseline size (MDPI). However, the image itself must be no more than 22×22 pixels centred within the Icon file. The Icon Design must be single colour white, #ffffff. Android’s own icon guide can be found here: I hope this Android Icon size guide has been helpful. Please let me know if there is something else you would like me to add or elaborate on. Thanks! Need Android icons?Let’s improve your sales with app icons that convert Owner and creative director at Creative Freedom Ltd. Unbelievably cool icon design expert, husband, and father of two awesome girls. A proper decent chappy and thoroughly fab to work with. Ok, so I wrote my own bio… 30 thoughts on “Android Icon Sizes Made Simple (4.1)”Thanks for the reply. “Note: Android also supports low-density (LDPI) screens, but you normally don’t need to create custom assets at this size because Android effectively down-scales your HDPI assets by 1/2 to match the expected size.” I’ll add that to the Blog post. I hope that helps. Hi guys. Is it possible to set the height of the app icon to match the height of the action bar? Thanks for posting. I don’t work on App development, just design to spec but I believe if you try and use larger icons sizes in the Action bar (or anywhere else) Android will just scale them to the standard size. So I would say a tentative no but an App Developer may be able to help you more. Sorry but I don’t get the density-resolution-dp-dpi thing. So if I want to support all densities, I should make 5 files – 48X48px/72X72px/96X96px/144X144px/192X192px. That’s fine, but what resolution in pixels/inch should I input? I really don’t get what values for width, height and resolution to input for each file in Photoshop new file window! Anyone willing to explain and help? I’ll keep it simple, just use 72dpi in Photoshop, along with the file dimensions in pixels. Clear and simple. Thank you! Thanks for this! Would be nice if you could include the inset/un-padded dimensions in your table too, e.g. for notification icons. Also, the ‘Iconography’ part of the Android design docs says that notification icons should be white, not #666666. I’m not sure about transparency, I’ve taken a gamble on all pixels being either white or transparent and it looks OK. Thanks for the notification colour correction, post updated. 🙂 Nice and simple and extremely useful. I wrote a command line tool which can convert icons automatically to the right sizes for the different screen densities and which also saves everything in the right directories – it even supports the version structure of androids res/ folder. The main idea is to have one SVG file for each icon. You do not have to have different SVG files for the states (e.g. enabled and disabled) but you can use icon-converter to change one or more colors in the icon. Please have a look at this tool, there are some examples online: It runs on Linux and Windows. Thanks for that, sounds useful. What kind of sampling algorithm does it use? The conversion from .SVG to .PNG is done by the command line tool “convert” (ImageMagic). Источник |