“Android Asset Studio” adds extra space when I upload my .png icons, but doesn't when it uses its internal cliparts. Why?

Question

I\'m trying to create some nice icons for some Android APP I\'m dealing with, and someone directed me to the \"Android Asset Studio\", that nice online tool which creates full p

Answer 1

I'm Having a similar problem and found a workaround fix. So after importing a new icon, for some reason android adding a strange padding and make them icons looking small, what I've done is 1) right click on the imported icon (you need to do it on each xhdpi etc.) 2) reveal in folder ( <-- on Mac, on Windows should be something with explorer) 3) open the icon with photoshop and press CTRL+T , stretch the icon to his boundaries, save it on the current file

Again, this is a workaround solution, I hope android will fix this horrible bug on their next version.