Why isn't my app icon showing up in the emulator or on a device?

Question

In Android Studio, my app icon is not showing up on the home screen of my emulator or on a device.

I've scoured stackoverflow for solutions and have tried everything I found: I created the Image Asset and the ic_launcher files are in all the mipmap folders (for various resolutions). I tried cleaning and rebuilding. I tried different emulators, and deleting emulators and then reinstalling them. It does show up (usually) at the top of the app when I click the Recents button and it minimizes.

This is my manifest file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.company.example">

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

    <permission android:name="android.permission.MEDIA_CONTENT_CONTROL" />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

        <activity android:name="com.company.example.MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

        <activity android:name="com.company.example.ViewListContents"></activity>
        <activity android:name="com.company.example.AboutUs"></activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

Here are my XML ic_launcher files:

ic_launcher.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <adaptive-icon xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <background android:drawable="@color/ic_launcher_background"/> <foreground android:drawable="@mipmap/ic_launcher_foreground"/> </adaptive-icon>

ic_launcher_round.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <adaptive-icon xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <background android:drawable="@color/ic_launcher_background"/> <foreground android:drawable="@mipmap/ic_launcher_foreground"/> </adaptive-icon>

and ic_launcher_foreground file: ic_launcher_foreground file

Answer 1

In your ic_launcher.xml and ic_launcher_round.xml files, change the color to drawable (and i'm guessing that you haven't replaced or deleted the default ic_launcher_background.xml and ic_launcher_foreground.xml files)

<background android:drawable="@color/ic_launcher_background"/>

to be:

<background android:drawable="@drawable/ic_launcher_background"/>

But if you have deleted the files then, add below code as ic_launcher_background.xml in your drawable folder.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<vector
    android:height="108dp"
    android:width="108dp"
    android:viewportHeight="108"
    android:viewportWidth="108"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <path android:fillColor="#008577"
          android:pathData="M0,0h108v108h-108z"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M9,0L9,108"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M19,0L19,108"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M29,0L29,108"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M39,0L39,108"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M49,0L49,108"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M59,0L59,108"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M69,0L69,108"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M79,0L79,108"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M89,0L89,108"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M99,0L99,108"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M0,9L108,9"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M0,19L108,19"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M0,29L108,29"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M0,39L108,39"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M0,49L108,49"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M0,59L108,59"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M0,69L108,69"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M0,79L108,79"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M0,89L108,89"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M0,99L108,99"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M19,29L89,29"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M19,39L89,39"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M19,49L89,49"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M19,59L89,59"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M19,69L89,69"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M19,79L89,79"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M29,19L29,89"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M39,19L39,89"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M49,19L49,89"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M59,19L59,89"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M69,19L69,89"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
    <path android:fillColor="#00000000" android:pathData="M79,19L79,89"
          android:strokeColor="#33FFFFFF" android:strokeWidth="0.8"/>
</vector>

This should solve the problem. Let me know!