Android Oreo - how do I set Adaptive Icons in Cordova?

Question

Just wondering if anyone been able to set adaptive icons on Cordova for Android Oreo? I\'m using the android 6.4.0 and my square icon shrinks to fit the circle. I just want

Answer 1

WARNING: Don't use this answer. This is now supported out of the box as of Cordova 9. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/55169307/2947592

So while the above answers helped me get to an answer, they are either dated or incomplete. So, to help anyone moving forward, this is a complete answer with all the ins and outs I could think of.

Step 1: Create the icons

You'll want to do this using the Image Asset Studio (https://developer.android.com/studio/write/image-asset-studio). There a number of guides on doing this.

Step 2: Move the icons to your ionic/cordova project

Copy the entire res folder into your project. The below example is for ionic v1.

cp -a AndroidStudioProjects/MyApplication4/app/src/main/res MyIonicProject/myapp/resources/android/adaptiveicon

Step 3: Edit config.xml

First, to use the icons (this is missing from other answers), you need to alter the top widget line. You'll want to add xmlns:android="schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" to it, so it looks like the below. This allows the system to change the AndroidMenifest.xml file.

Next, you'll need to adjust the platform section of your config.xml.

First remove any instances of from the section.

Then, Add in the alteration to the Android Manifest file:

And lastly, for every file in the new resources/android/adaptiveicon folder, you will need to add a line like this:

Make sure every file is represented! Your final platform section will probably look like this (this example is for when a PNG is used for both foreground and background):

Step 4: Play it safe, clean the Android platform

Run the following commands to clean the platform.

cd myapp
rm -rf platforms/android
ionic cordova prepare

For good measure, fix the bugs with the Android emulator start-up in ionic:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gegenokitaro/cordova-android/8d497784ac4a40a9689e616cd486c4ed07d3e063/bin/templates/cordova/lib/emulator.js -O platforms/android/cordova/lib/emulator.js

Step 5: Build!

Build:

ionic cordova build android

Or Emulate:

ionic cordova emulate android --consolelogs --serverlogs --target "Android8"