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Setting up icon pack (Part 1)

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Patryk Goworowski edited this page May 8, 2018 · 2 revisions

Launchers require a set of XMLs for the icon pack to work properly. I will just mention them here. To know how to "write" them or their structure, check the files already included.

First set

These files are in app/src/main/assets/ folder:

  • app_func_theme.xml
  • appfilter.xml
  • desk.xml
  • drawable.xml (used by launchers)
  • themecfg.xml
  • themefont.ttf (Notice this is a font file).
  • themeinfo.xml

Second set

These files must be in app/src/main/res/xml/ folder.

  • appfilter.xml
  • appmap.xml
  • drawable.xml (used by Blueprint)
  • noshader.xml
  • theme_resources.xml
  • themecfg.xml
  • themeinfo.xml

As you can see, some files are in 2 folders. They are the exact same files, you don't need to modify them, just copy and paste them in the other folders.

However, please keep in mind, that some launchers like Lawnchair Launcher generate All icons tab automatically, so you should avoid having such tab/category in your drawable.xml file located in app/src/main/assets/

Finally, I want to mention that some of these files doesn't really need to be edited (but they need to be added) so you can keep them exactly the same as I share them. Those files are:

  • app_func_theme.xml
  • desk.xml
  • noshader.xml

Be sure to edit and check the other files. Otherwise you may get info from my icon pack Ertz in your app, which are the sample files I added.

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