Pixel Densities

Android icons require five separate sizes for different screen pixel densities. Icons for lower resolution are created automatically from the baseline.

mdpi (Baseline):

160 dpi

hdpi:

240 dpi

1.5×

xhdpi:

320 dpi

xxhdpi:

490 dpi

xxxhdpi:

640 dpi

 

 

Sizes (px)

Format and naming

Notes

 Launcher icons

 48 × 48 (mdpi)

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 Three-dimensional, front view, with a slight perspective as if viewed from above, so that users perceive some depth.

 72 × 72 (hdpi)

 96 × 96 (xhdpi)

 144 × 144 (xxhdpi)
 192 × 192 (xxxhdpi)
 512 × 512 (Google Play store)
    

 Action bar, Dialog & Tab icons

 24 × 24 area in 32 × 32 (mdpi)

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These icons are used in the action bar menu. The first number is the size of the icon area, and the second is file size.

 36 × 36 area in 48 × 48 (hdpi)

 48 × 48 area in 64 × 64 (xhdpi)

 72 × 72 area in 96 × 96 (xxhdpi)

 96 × 96 area in 128 × 128 (xxxhdpi)

 

 Small Contextual Icons

 16 × 16 (mdpi)

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Small icons are used to surface actions and/or provide status for specific items. For example, in the Gmail app, each message has a star icon that marks the message as important.
 24 × 24 (hdpi)
 32 × 32 (xhdpi)
 48 × 48 (xxhdpi)
 64 × 64 (xxxhdpi)

 Notification icons

 22 × 22 area in 24 × 24 (mdpi)

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These are used to represent application notifications in the status bar. They should be flat (no gradients), white and face-on perspective

 33 × 33 area in 36 × 36 (hdpi)
 44 × 44 area in 48 × 48 (xhdpi)
 66 × 66 area in 72 × 72 (xxhdpi)

 88 × 88 area in 96 × 96 (xxxhdpi)

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