Xamarin Forms Android TV app icon

Question

I'm developing an android TV app using xamarin forms. I have a launcher icon for tv (350x180) but when I run it on a tv, it shows a squeezed square icon. Is there any way to make xamarin not to squeeze my icon?

thanks,

Answer 1

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Please recheck the AndroidManifest.xml file in your android app.
We can find the following code for settting app icon:

android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"  
android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"  

The whole code is:

 <application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round" android:supportsRtl="true" android:theme="@style/AppTheme"></application>  

Besides, there is also another place for us to set icon in our [Activity] custom attribute:

 [Activity (Label="My App", MainLauncher=true, Icon="@drawable/myicon")]   
public class MainActivity: Activity   
{  
}  

And if we have an icon activity definition in MainActivity and then try to change icon from manifest file, icon would not change because icon activity definition in Main Activity overrides the manifest.

For more details, you can check: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/android/platform/android-manifest#the-basics

Hope it can help you.

Best Regards,

Jessie Zhang

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