Android Icons Collection:
Be aware this style changes occur fairly regularly with each major release, so it's always worth checking current GUID elines!
General guidelines
Pixel densities Android icons require five separate sizes for different screen pixel densities. Icons for lower resolution is created automatically from the baseline. |
MDPI (Baseline): |
dpi |
1x |
hdpi |
dpi |
1.5x |
xhdpi |
-DPI |
2x |
XXHDPI: |
490 DPI |
3x |
XXXHDPI: |
640 DPI |
4x |
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Sizes (px) |
Format and naming |
Notes |
Launcher icons |
48x48 (MDPI) 72x72 (HDPI) 96x96 (XHDPI) 144x144 (XXHDPI) 192x192 (XXXHDPI) 512x512 (Google Play Store) |
. png |
Three-dimensional, front view, with a slight perspective as if viewed from above, so, users perceive some. depth. |
Action Bar, Dialog & Tab icons |
24x24 area in 32x32 (MDPI) 36x36 area in 48x48 (hdpi) 48x48 area in 64x64 (xhdpi) 72x72 area in 96x96 (xxhdpi) 96x96 area in 128x128 (xxxhdpi) |
. png |
These icons is used in the Action bar menu. The first number is the size of the "icon area" and the second is file size. |
Small Contextual Icons |
16x16 (MDPI) 24x24 (HDPI) 32x32 (XHDPI) 48x48 (XXHDPI) 64x64 (XXXHDPI) |
. png |
Small icons is used to surface actions and/or provide status for specific items. For example, in the Gmail app, each message is a star icon that marks the message as important. |
Notification icons |
22x22 area in 24x24 (MDPI) 33x33 area in 36x36 (hdpi) 44x44 area in 48x48 (xhdpi) 66x66 area in 72x72 (xxhdpi) 88x88 area in 96x96 (xxxhdpi) |
. png |
These is used to represent application notifications in the status bar. They should is flat (no gradients), white and face-on perspective |
Android Icons Collection