For general users, the home screen icon/Starter icon (hereinafter referred to as the application icon) is the first impression of an application. As the resolution of mobile phones and tablets continues to evolve, it becomes increasingly important to make the main screen icons of your applications clearer and higher quality. To do this, make sure that you have installed the XHDPI (320 dpi) and XXHDPI (480 dpi) Resolution icons in the application.
Android Application icon Specification
When you plan to create your own home screen icons, in addition to the existing home screen icons, be sure to follow the following equally important specifications:
- The starter icon is a square shape with a 48dp size, and the MDPI, HDPI, XHDPI, and XXHDPI resolution sizes are required-at least XHDPI and XXHDPI are required;
- In addition to some minor details, the icons used for displaying the Play Store with a size of PX should be consistent with the application icons;
- The starter icon must be designed as a pure Android style. As mentioned in "Pure Android", avoid imitating the visual effects and styles of other platforms ).
- The starter icon should be a three-dimensional front view and must be tilted down from a certain angle, so that you can feel the existence of "depth/thickness.
How to Create Beautiful Android app icons
Note that flat and other large screen devices require a higher icon resolution than their own resolutions. Therefore, you need to provide application icons of high-resolution versions as much as possible. For example, for a tablet with an XHDPI screen, the main screen icon must have a resolution of the XXHDPI level.