"normal" Android app icon looks strange in LC 9.6.9 rc1

[panagiotis m]

Hello Klaus,

What you see is the expected result. In fact, this is the reason one has to
use adaptive icons. You can use adaptive icons for non Google Play Store
apps as well.

So, when you use a legacy icon, which is a square png, this does not
guarantee that the app icon in the Home screen will appear as a square
icon. If the app launcher shows all icons as e.g. circle icons, or as round
rectangles, then there are two possible outcomes when you provide a legacy
icon:

- either your app will stand out from the others (in a negative sense)
because it will appear as the square icon among circle icons
- or your app icon will appear as a circle that has the original square
icon in it.

I hope this makes sense :)

Kind regards,
Panos
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2022 at 15:40, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi friends,
>
> the subject says it all, and here a screenshot:
> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/qyeodpro7zapyui/android_icon.jpg?dl=0>
>
> LC 9.6.9 rc 1 on macOS 12.6.
>
> I remembered a posting on this list, that one need to first click
> "Adaptive icon"
> and then back to "Icon" to force the correct creation of the icon from a
> PNG file.
> Obviously this doesnt work
>
> Anyway, can I also use an "Adaptive icon" if the app is not meant for the
> Google Play Store?
> Not sure I remebered correctly in this respect.
>
>
> Best
>
> Klaus
> --
> Klaus Major
> https://www.major-k.de
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> klaus at major-k.de
>
>
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