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

[panagiotis m]

Hello Klaus,

Nothing should have changed between 9.6.8 and 9.6.9 rc1 RE legacy/adaptive
icons.

I guess you see this difference because either of these has changed:

- the android device
- the android version on the same device
- the default launcher app
- something else :)

I believe that if you rebuild the same app with 9.6.8 you'll see the same
results as with 9.6.9 rc1 if you deploy to the same android device.

Kind regards,
Panos


On Wed, 12 Oct 2022 at 16:13, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi Panos,
>
> > Am 12.10.2022 um 15:08 schrieb panagiotis m via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> >
> > 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 :)
>
> yes, perfectly, thank you!
>
> So LC 9.6.8 did not behave as it should?
> I mean the legacy icon looked as exspected on Android in 9.6.8
> and I did not change anythings since then, read update Android Studio
> or something.
>
> > Kind regards,
> > Panos
>
> Best
>
> Klaus
>
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