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Filipe Manuel
Filipe Manuel

Reputation: 995

Android Studio keeps creating icons on drawable folder (isn't to be in mipmap?)

The title says it all. Until then I did not know this convention using the mipmap folder to design icons. Finally, by using the wizard for creating icons in the IDE "Image Asset", Android Studio itself creates the 5 icons variations (hdpi, mdpi, xhdpi, xxhdpi, xxxhdpi) in mipmap folder... But only makes him the type of asset is launcher icon, if "action bar and tab icons" icon is created in the drawable folder. That's right? It's some kind of bug? What is the standard for mipmap and drawable?

Example:

mipmap_and_drawable

Upvotes: 0

Views: 596

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1007228

That's right?

Yes.

It's some kind of bug?

No.

What is the standard for mipmap and drawable?

Well, there are two:

  • Original Standard That Is Still Fine for 99.9% of Apps: ignore mipmap and use drawable for everything

  • Google's New Poorly-Documented Standard: your launcher icons go in mipmap, while all other drawables go in drawable.

Upvotes: 4

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