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Best icon packs for Android in 2023
Pick one of these icon packs for your Android launcher and start customizing the look of your home screen.
You get a ton of options when it comes to customization on Android phones, but using a fresh set of icons is a guaranteed way to change the overall look of your device quickly. You can always pair them with other customization for your home screen, like changing the launcher, wallpaper, widgets, etc., but simply getting a new set of icons for your Android home screen can also make a huge difference. Finding the right icon pack, however, can be a bit tricky due to the sheer number of options that are available on the Play Store. Not all the icon packs are worth considering, which is why we wanted to highlight some of the best ones you can grab for your device right now. So here are the best ten best icon packs you can download from the Google Play Store right now.
Nova Launcher 6.2.13 beta adds new adaptive icon shapes inspired by Android 11
The latest beta release for the popular Nova Launcher brings new adaptive icon shapes inspired by the latest Android 11 Developer Preview.
Google launched the first Android 11 Developer Preview earlier this year in February, which was followed by Preview 2, Preview 3, and recently, Preview 4. Even though the company did not highlight any developer features in the latest release, we discovered a couple of changes and new features when we tried it out on the Google Pixel 3a XL and Google Pixel 4. These included things like a new select button in the recent apps overview, resizable picture-in-picture windows, new icon shapes in Pixel Themes, and much more. While there's still a long way to go before any of these features are officially available in a stable Android 11 release, you can now experience the new icon shapes with the latest beta release of Nova Launcher.
Graphic design for Android developers: Creating the ideal app icon
Creating product icons isn’t as hard as it might seem at first glance. Find out more about designing your first Android app icon from scratch!
No matter what marketplace or service an app is distributed through, its app icon is the first thing a prospective user would notice. First impressions are of paramount importance when trying to reel in new users, which means that icons are key components of any application. And, regardless of the intent of the app, creating a beautiful application icon should be an important part of every app’s development phase. Although many developers of technical applications leave the graphics to dedicated designers, understanding the fundamentals of design and applying them is something anyone can do, given a knack for experimentation and analysis. App icons are no exception!
How to Add Custom Icons to the Navigation Bar in Android O
A tutorial on how to add custom icons of your choice to the navigation bar in Android O, so you'll always know what your custom key represents.
If you've been following our coverage of Android O, then you might have seen our tutorials on how to modify the navigation bar to toggle picture-in-picture mode, enable media control keys while playing music, and today how to add forward/previous buttons to quickly browse through your e-mails. The possible uses of a customizable navigation bar are huge, and our first three tutorials only scrape the surface. But while we do have a couple of more useful tutorials to share with our readers, there's one thing we had to cover before we can move on to our next tutorials: how to add custom icons to the navigation bar keys in Android O.
Five Icon Packs You Can't Find on the Play Store
Take a look at the top five icons packs that you can't find on the Play store. This video features some of the best designed icon packs for your Android.
In this video we check out some of the best icon packs that you can't find on the Google Play store. While most of the icon packs on the Play store focus more on the size of their catalog, these icons packs are focused on detail and design. Here are the icons mentioned in this video.
PSA: Android 7.1 Circular Icon Support is Determined by the OEM
Android 7.1's circular icon support is determined by the system framework, which is in turn determined by the OEM. This can result in inconsistent design.
Design consistency has been one of the major hurdles for Google since Android started becoming massively popular. Initially, Google's philosophy was to let OEMs have full control over their design philosophy. At first, this level of openness enticed OEMs to invest large amounts of resources into making Android smartphones and tablets.
Tutorial: Clear Drawer For Nova Launcher
Watch this video tutorial to find out how you can improve the look of your app drawer on your Android device.
Today we are going to be looking at how to setup the clear drawer look on your app drawer. We will be using Nova launcher, a few custom icon packs and a custom clock widget. Marcos has made this video for XDA TV that will take you step by step to achieve this awesome look.
Android's charm as an operating system is multi-faceted, and that's after downplaying it considerably. From openness to variety to usability - Google's mastered it all, but one arena where it obliterates all competition is customization, of all forms and fashions. Whether it's live wallpapers, custom home launchers or edited color strings somewhere at the heart of an APK, the possibilities are endless, or as Google likes to put it - "the playground is open". Of the various customization manifestations, icon design is one area that has gained tremendous traction as of late and with icon packs being released almost every week, consisting of multiple variants, shapes, styles and colors, enthusiasts are often faced with the dilemma of having too many options to pick from, and while tastes may vary from person to person, some icon packs stand out from the crowd and today we look at some of the best free icon packs available on Google Play.