Can I change my Android app icon and name in later release?

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Kraken picture Kraken · Sep 29, 2014 · Viewed 44.1k times · Source

This is going to sound stupid in a way, but I want to know if it is possible to change the application logo (icon) and Android name in my subsequent releases?

Say, today I push my app in the Android market, and tomorrow I want to change the logo/icon (I know I "should" not do this), but is it possible to do so? Also, what about the application name?

Thanks

Answer

Anand picture Anand · Mar 28, 2018

I got the same question and I asked this to android developer support, got their reply as below

You may update your icon displayed in Google Play by uploading the updated icon to the Store Listing tab of the Play Console. However, once the app has been installed on a device, the icon will be displayed from the graphic assets of the APK as defined in the “android:icon=” manifest property. The icon that is displayed in the apps list in the Play Console is also taken from the APK.

To display a different icon, please update the icon image file in your APK. To find the location of the existing icon, you can use the manifest property or check your APK’s “res” folder.

So I got the icon updated at app store without submitting the app again (Note: I have already submitted with the icon change, so what I was looking to is how this can be reflected to App store icon). Please see screenshots attached for getting someone who is needy.

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