Although in many cases no significance is given, the app icon is an important thing. It's one of the first things we look at as users. It helps to differentiate the app from others and can generate interest or attract the attention of the user. The creation of application symbols is therefore a very important, but also complicated, process because the design of the application has changed.
What do you need to consider when creating an icon in an app? This is a feature that has been changing, in recent months when Google Play actually forced the change of format. Moreover, we must always remember that they are evolving symptoms, which is a new standard when designing icons.
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What are the variables?
Adaptive icons are real from Android Oreo. One of the biggest design problems on Android was the icons, from each developer create your app icon as you want, as long as it respects the size and the minimum. Since there was no resistance to that design, when you saw the app drawer on the phone, you were able to see images of various sizes and sizes. The problem that Google wanted to solve.
Transforming icons are icons its character is compatible with the telephone connection. Depending on the view, the personalized layer or launcher used on the phone, the icon will be changed. A design that avoids these problems of the past, and allows all to look alike without any different size or shapes.
These images are made up of two layers. In the first paragraph there is the application logo and the second, the square layer, is presented on the back of the application. When this icon is created, the manufacturer or link of the phone app will control the background layer adjustment, so that all phone icons show the same shape, in shape and size, on the device.
Icon layers
The introduction of these flexible icons has prompted Google to create developer recommendations, on how they should be built. The important thing taking into account the use of these layers: the layer, the layer where the logo is located, which should have a clear support and image, which defines the design (although not added by the appendix itself). The high GIF clearly shows how they are created or classified. These layers should be 108 × 108 dp in size.
This type of icon also provides developer art. Having two layers, you can create images is displayed when a user clicks on an icon, either by dragging it to the phone or holding it. These types of objects help to make the images more colorful and interesting to the user.
Google itself recommends that the center of the icon be a circle of 66 dp, so that no mask will be able to remove it. It's a place called a safe place, which is there the most important element or elements icon should be displayed, as in the GIF. Tip for consideration by designers.
How to create the right icon
For those developers who are taking their first steps, alternatives to free graphic design may be a good option. Inkscape is a beautiful, open source program with all the tools needed to create the right app icon. An important aspect of making an icon respect the greatness that Google established, especially those so-called safe zones, so that the most prominent object remains in the center.
What should this symbol have? It is questionable for many creators. The icon in question must represent a company or application at all times, it has to match their style and what they want to convey. On the other hand, it should also be attractive, to get the user's attention, especially when listed on the Google Play Store and the features of many other apps.
Many developers are currently betting follow the directions of Material Design, developed by Google itself. This gets an icon that has a simple design, with purer stripes, minimalist colors, but very modern, like the one in the picture above. Depending on the type of application, it might make sense to create a design inspired by Material Design or not. There's a guide where you know more about their policies when you create an icon. As long as they properly represent the company and company, the right icon will have been identified.
