Lolipop Os App Design Dimensions

This article has now been superseded by the latest Lollipop 6.0 Android Icon Size Guide. Please click on the image below to view the latest information.

What Android icon sizes do I need for version 5?

Android 5.1 Lollipop continues with the same sensible icon size methodology as Android 4.1

As technology has evolved, phone & tablet manufacturers have created screens with ever increasing resolutions and pixel density. An increase in pixel density or dots per inch (dpi), means more image information can be displayed within the same physical screen space. This means clearer, sharper text and images are possible as pixel density increases. For icon designers it also means we can create ever more beautiful icons.

To allow for increasing resolution Android has created an icon size rule-set that works on a scaling factor to fit common screen densities. This means we can design icons to look their best on whatever screen they are displayed on by creating a version for each resolution. Using Android's scaling factor makes it simple to work out what we need for any screen asset and also makes it simple for Android to add another scale for the next jump in screen resolutions.

What size is the Google Play Store icon?

Quick answer: 512 pixels PNG format

Your Android Google play Store icon needs to be 512×512 pixels, PNG format. This icon was created for Luvango's dating App.

What size are Android App Launcher icons?

Quick answer: 48, 72, 96, 144, & 192 pixels PNG format

All Android 5.1 icons are required in 5 sizes to support the different display densities available: 160, 240, 320, 480 & 640 dpi (dots per inch). Any displays with lower screen densities (LDPI) have their icons generated automatically from the Baseline (MDPI) icon by Android.

MDPI – x1 – 48×48 pixels for 160 dpi (Baseline)
HDPI – x1.5 – 72×72 pixels for 240 dpi
XHDPI – x2 – 96×96 pixels for 320 dpi
XXHDPI – x3 – 144×144 pixels for 480 dpi
XXXHDPI – x4 – 192×192 pixels for 640 dpi

Android 5.1 app launcher icons sizes

What sizes are Android interface icons?

The following table shows the icon sizes needed for all Android icon types, for all screen densities.

	MDPI	HDPI	XHDPI	XXHDPI	XXXHDPI
Scale	1 x	1.5 x	2 x	3 x	4 x
DPI	160 dpi	240 dpi	320 dpi	480 dpi	640 dpi
Launcher	48 px	72 px	96 px	144 px	192 px
Action bar	32 px	48 px	64 px	96 px	128 px
Small / Contextual	16 px	24 px	32 px	48 px	64 px
Notification	24 px	36 px	48 px	72 px	96 px

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