Closed cromefire closed 4 years ago
Here is something to vote for stuff (in case you just want to vote for something)
These are 2 different votes, vote for what you think is the right thing to do
Adaptive icons:
Low
Medium
High
And for legacy:
None
Circle
Square
Vertical
Horizontal
End of voting, comments below
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Suggestion for the legacy icon: drop the background and add shadows:
(Quickly made with https://romannurik.github.io/AndroidAssetStudio/icons-launcher.html)
I did not include that because of readability issues on certain backgrounds and consistency
This would be still visible to a normal user but it would probably not pass accessibility and we can't control the background with a transparent icon.
(Yes this is a extreme case, but it's already harder to see on red and blue backgrounds)
I don't see any shadows in your example but I agree it might be hard to see, even with shadows.
Discussion about how to implement adaptive app icons
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Adaptive
These are used in API level 26+ (Android 8)
The Launcher (usually set by the manufacturer) determines the shape of all apps.
The most commonly used here are square and circle.
There are 3 Versions:
Low (looks good in squares)
Grid
![low grid](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26320625/80292309-1bb4ea80-8756-11ea-85bc-64c90f359bfe.png)All
![low all](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26320625/80292320-3ab37c80-8756-11ea-94bc-723dd7c93de1.png)Medium (middleground)
Grid
![medium grid](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26320625/80292337-5d459580-8756-11ea-85c4-da60d71328f0.png)All
![medium all](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26320625/80292342-6c2c4800-8756-11ea-8362-5de596469926.png)High (looks good in circles)
Grid
![high grid](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26320625/80292361-8fef8e00-8756-11ea-8d3f-15a062dac147.png)All
![high all](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26320625/80292369-9e3daa00-8756-11ea-9c9f-0be78b4d62d2.png)Legacy
Used in API level 21 (Android 7.1) or lower
This is just about the shape, the position will be decided by the above version. The checker board is transparent.
Also I didn't make those up, those are the options provided by android studio:![options](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26320625/80293189-743bb600-875d-11ea-8db5-6642dda622cc.png)
There are 5 Versions:
none: ![none](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26320625/80293007-e4493c80-875b-11ea-9cfd-10d3eec81143.png) _(Yes that big dark square in the background belongs to the icon)_ circle: ![circle](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26320625/80293031-2a9e9b80-875c-11ea-81ce-cb4abc852de1.png) square: ![square](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26320625/80293039-39854e00-875c-11ea-8ff0-e508ccb38ebb.png) vertical: ![vertical](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26320625/80293050-486c0080-875c-11ea-9670-8c71f4c72181.png) horizontal: ![horizontal](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26320625/80293056-56218600-875c-11ea-938a-fc64ffc0560c.png)