Creating a new Icon Set in Android Studio?

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In Eclipse there is File|New|Android Icon Set... How do I do the same in the Android Studio?

That may not be integrated yet. The same capability is available via http://android-ui-utils.googlecode.com/hg/asset-studio/dist/index.html — CommonsWare, Jun 11 '13 at 17:39
Please be advised that Android Studio is an "early access preview" at the present time. As was explained in the Google I|O presentation, it is missing lots of things. — CommonsWare, Jun 11 '13 at 17:46
In the meantime, while we wait for them to implement it, there are some online tools, as described by the two answers to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17371470/changing-ic-launcher-png-in-android-studio — Cypress Frankenfeld, Sep 22 '13 at 21:03

score 39 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 27 '14 at 15:39

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The Asset Studio is integrated in Android Studio 0.4.0 and later. To create a new Android icon set, right click on a drawable folder and invoke "New > Image Asset".

Via: Android Studio 0.4.0 Released

answered Jan 27 '14 at 15:39

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When I do that in Android Studio 1.0.2 it asks about the 'destination folder'. What properties of the file should influence my choice? – Antonio Sesto Feb 09 '15 at 16:56
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Android Studio 1.2 creates `Asset Type: Launcher Icons` in the `Output Directories: res/mipmap-...`, instead of `res/drawable-...` (at least when compiling against API 21) which requires referencing them in the `AndroidManifest.xml` as `android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"` instead of `@drawable/`: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23935810/mipmap-drawables-for-icons. – dtk May 14 '15 at 22:21

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 14 '13 at 00:02

This isn't implemented yet in Android Studio; the bug to track it is at https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=57062 . Others here have noted the links to web-based tools to edit icons. The icon generator in Eclipse ADT is actually ported from the same codebase, as is the icon editor in the new project/activity wizard in Android Studio, so the functionality is the same.

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 12 '16 at 09:55

I use an additional module in my Android Studio Projects to let Gradle generate the icon resources. To create icons, I use Inkscape. Setup: You have just to add an new module 'icons' to your Android Studio project, taken from GitHub. Then, define once the icons sizes in the my.properties file for mdpi:

// All icon heights in dpi for drawable-mdpi
actionbarIcon=32
notificationIcon=30
launcherIcon=40
iconSmall=25
iconMid=35
iconBig=45

For every new icon, add a property line to the config file 'icon.properties':

// Icon with suffix         | SVG file with suffix      |size property          |module |flavor
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ic_action_export.png        |action_icon_export.svg     |actionbarIcon          |app    |main

That's all. Now you can run the Gradle task :icons:generate. This task updates the resource files for every changed icon:

app
  - main
    - res
      - drawable-hdpi
        - ic_action_export.png
      - drawable-mdpi
        - ic_action_export.png
      - drawable-xhdpi
        - ic_action_export.png
      - drawable-xxhdpi
        - ic_action_export.png      
      - drawable-xxxhdpi
        - ic_action_export.png

See my blog for a detailed description.

Creating a new Icon Set in Android Studio?

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