
Figure 2: Examples of visual effects displayed by an adaptive icon Note: Animated visual effects are generated by supported launchers. Visual effects: An adaptive icon supports a variety of engaging visualĮffects, which display when users place or move the icon around the Figure 1: Adaptive icons support a variety of masks, which vary from one device to another Must provide a mask, which the system uses to render all adaptive icons with On one OEM device, and display a squircle on another device. For example, it can display a circular shape

Adaptive icons are primarily used by the launcher on the homescreen,īut can also be used in shortcuts, the Settings app, sharing dialogs, and theĪn adaptive icon can adapt to different use cases as follows:ĭifferent shapes: An adaptive icon can display a variety of shapesĪcross different device models. Can display differently depending on individual device capabilities and user
