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I was just hoping for them to retire those stupid round adaptive icons. They did not. Also it's not clear if the old style of switching "opened" apps will stil
by conradfr 8y ago
I was just hoping for them to retire those stupid round adaptive icons. They did not.
Also it's not clear if the old style of switching "opened" apps will still be there? Because the new one with the full screen preview seems more flashy but less practical(think alt+tab vs win+tab on Windows).
- mikelward 8y agoI think the idea was good, it's just too bad so many apps (many by Google) went the lazy path of leaving the icon as-is and adding a white background layer. Also note that they're only circular on Pixel.
- conradfr 8y agoI don't know, they are round by default on my OP5. I'm really against the idea of having a uniform shape for all apps, it makes it harder to quickly locate them.
- izacus 8y agoSo use another launcher which allows you to customize that? Nova is very popular and gives you what you want.
- Avamander 8y agoTo be fair the API given is pretty c*p when you have to target older Androids as well (and don't want to give them an uglier icon). If I remember right I had to simplify the icon as well (remove transparency I think) because Android doesn't like many things that are okay in svgs.
- mikelward 8y agoI just used Android Studio to generate the icon for older versions. Yes, I would assume no transparency, since it needs to be a simple single-layered image, AFAIK. https://developer.android.com/studio/write/image-asset-studio#launcher https://developer.android.com/studio/write/image-asset-studi...
- owenwil 8y agoThrow on developer mode and you can change these to anything you want, it's built into the launcher.