Store the adaptive app icon (Android) in Purple Manager
Purple Manager
Summary
In this article, you learn how to store the adaptive app icon in Purple Manager so that you can use it for your Purple Android Apps.
If you want to apply this change for your Purple App, you must rebuild the app and resubmit it to the Google Play Store, to make the changes visible to your users.
Preconditions
Preparations in Purple Manager
- Have a team created in Purple Manager
- Have yourself invited to the team in Purple Manager
- Have an app created in Purple Manager
- Have at least 'App Admin' role in Purple Manager
Preparation of the adaptive App icon
As adaptive icons use a layer system to generate the final app icon, you will need:
- a foreground image
- a background image
- Minimum dimensions of 432x432 pixels
Please read our description before creating the adaptive app icon here.
How-to video
How-to guide
1. Go to your app in Purple DS Manager.
2. Click 'App Design'.
3. Click 'Android'.
4. Click 'Basic Settings'.
5. Go to 'Adaptive App Icons' and '01. App icon (foreground)' and click 'Select image' to upload your foreground app icon.
6. Wait for the upload to complete.
7. Go to 'Adaptive App Icons' and '02. App icon (background)' and click on 'Select image' to upload your background app icon.
8. Wait for the upload to complete.
9. Click 'Save'.
10. Go back to 'Overview' and click on 'Build App' to re-build your app
11. Click 'Preview App', 'Android', and then click 'Build'.
12. Back on 'Overview' you can scan the QR code with your Android device, download the Purple Preview app, and make sure the app icon is displayed correctly.
Important: You need at least Android Version 8 to test.