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Latiif alSharif
Latiif alSharif

Reputation: 166

How to force an app icon on Android O? (Prevent the launcher from adapting it)

This is my first question on StackOverflow, so please bear with me if I fail to articulate my question.

I am working on an Android app that targets Android O, and I want the launcher to NOT show the icon adapted i.e. remove the white background. I tried to use adaptive icons and they work, but the problem is that they change the icon itself making it rouned, square, squircle and tear-shaped.

At first I thought it's out of my hands, but some other apps (facebook, whatsapp and snapchat for example) have their icons unchanged.

tl;dr: How can I force an icon to be used by the launcher on Android O?

Upvotes: 9

Views: 3059

Answers (2)

Sahil Garg
Sahil Garg

Reputation: 262

Just remove the targetSdkVersion property from your app level build.gradle file. It will work.

Upvotes: 1

ianhanniballake
ianhanniballake

Reputation: 199880

The other apps you mention (Facebook, Whatsapp, and Snapchat) don't yet target Android O. Once they do, they'll also be forced to have an adaptive icon as well.

Upvotes: 7

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