How to put correct app icons sizes in Android, including for Amazon Kindle Fire?
So far, I've always used the next application icons sizes :
- ldpi 36x36
- mdpi 48x48
- hdpi 72x72
- xhdpi 96x96
- xxhdpi 144x144
However, for Amazon Kindle Fire, the situation is different, since it shows the icons on a "carousel", which enlarges them a lot. This means a very blurry icon since it uses the mdpi icon.
I've checked on the internet, and I saw that for the Kindle Fire, I need to put a 200x200 icon on the drawable-mdpi folder. However, this can result in weird things on some other mdpi devices, like the optimus one. For example, if I use the icon in a notification (either the temporary one or the one that sticks in the notification bar), it is enlarged/cropped.
What should I do? I don't like the idea of making a version for the android market and a different one for the Amazon market, or somehow set the 200x200 icon to specifically work only for Kindle Fire. the reason is that new Android devices are always created, and I cannot afford to buy them all just to check that it looks fine on them too.
Is there maybe a way to use a single, very high quality app icon?
Answer
According to a Kindle Fire development tutorial :
Tip 6: Fuzzy App Icons If you're loading apps through ADB or another method, you may have noticed that the app icons on the home screen are small and fuzzy compared to the apps and books that show up through the Kindle Fire interface. As it turns out, the graphics for apps and media purchased through Amazon are loaded from a web service rather than referenced from the manifest file. So, once you get your application on the Amazon Appstore, and download it via the store, your application icon graphics appear correctly.