How to display solar2D icon on my device

Other
#1

I want to see the solar2D icon on my device, instead of “ICON”. What png file and where should it be included. Thanks for a great game engine.

#2
#3

Thanks bgmadclown for your reply. I failed to mention the real need is to have the solar2D icon as a shortcut to my app, rather than an empty “ICON”.

#4

I’m sorry, I didn’t understand what you’re trying to achieve. Can you elaborate a little bit? What device are you on? What is the shortcut you are trying to create?

#5

Sorry for the confusion. I developed my app on a galaxy S21 phone under Corona. After compiling the app there was a Corona icon a pinned shortcut on the phone’s home screen. Since compiling my app under solar2D on the same device the solar2D “star” icon does not show correctly. Instead it is a blank sqcircle with the word “ICON” in the center. My question is what png file and where in the app build files it it inserted.
Thanks for your help.

#6

Icon.png in the same folder as main.lua.

#7

Thanks for your input. However I have included the solar2D icon in all sizes in the same folder where main is located but still nothing.

#8

Can you share a screenshot from that folder? I’m guessing this is a naming issue with the characters used like Icon vs icon type.

#9

you would want to replace the icon files
ic_launcher.png
ic_launcher_background.png
ic_launcher_foreground.png

and make sure you resize them in the following folders:

yourproject\AndroidResources\res\mipmap-mdpi
yourproject\AndroidResources\res\mipmap-hdpi
yourproject\AndroidResources\res\mipmap-xhdpi
yourproject\AndroidResources\res\mipmap-xxhdpi
yourproject\AndroidResources\res\mipmap-xxxhdpi

#10

Chris_raz thank you so much for your input.
Changes work great. And bgmadclown thank you for making forums work.

2 Likes