- In Android Studio, open up a project e.g. MyApplication. Mouse right click on the project's drawable folder.
A pop up menu appears. - Choose New | Image Asset.
The Asset Studio appears. - In the Asset Type field, choose Action Bar and Tab Icons. Toggle on Clipart.
- Click Choose.
Clip art symbols appear. - Click on a symbol.
The chosen symbol is displayed in the Preview column at different resolutions. - In the Resource name field, type in the desired name, e.g. ic_action_exclamation.
- Click Next.
- Click Finish.
The drawable icons are created.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Use Android Studio's Image Asset to conveniently create Android action bar menu icons from Clipart symbols
I found Android Studio's Asset Studio to be a great help in creating standard Android drawable action bar and tab menu icons e.g. Share, Search, etc . Previously, I had to search for the standard icons under the Android platform sources and manually copy them into my Android project; which is a pain as there are multiple copies of the same icon for different resolutions. The Asset Studio will create the same icon at different resolutions for you in your project from a pre-defined clip art library. The following steps illustrate how easy it is.
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