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Legend
July 21, 2015
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Kindle Fire App-Icon is super blurry

  • July 21, 2015
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Hi,

I just noted that the Kindle Fire HD 7 shows app icons quite prominent in the center of the screen with a huge size, and our app icon appears SUPER blurry. The documentation states that the maximum icon size for android is 144x144, but sometimes the documentation isn't up to date. So my question: Is there any icon size larger than 144x144 supported for Android builds already? If not, any plans to extend the support for Kindle Fire HD and the likes?

Thanks

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Correct answer Colin Holgate

Blurry icons on test builds are normal for Kindle Fire and Fire HD. When it's published to the Amazon Appstore they create a good looking icon from the 512x512 version you submit at that time.

But, you can make it be significantly less blurry if you include these icons in your app-descriptor:

<icon>

<image36x36>36.png</image36x36>

<image48x48>48.png</image48x48>

<image72x72>72.png</image72x72>

<image96x96>96.png</image96x96>

<image144x144>144.png</image144x144>

</icon>

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Colin Holgate
Colin HolgateCorrect answer
Inspiring
July 21, 2015

Blurry icons on test builds are normal for Kindle Fire and Fire HD. When it's published to the Amazon Appstore they create a good looking icon from the 512x512 version you submit at that time.

But, you can make it be significantly less blurry if you include these icons in your app-descriptor:

<icon>

<image36x36>36.png</image36x36>

<image48x48>48.png</image48x48>

<image72x72>72.png</image72x72>

<image96x96>96.png</image96x96>

<image144x144>144.png</image144x144>

</icon>

natural_criticB837
natural_criticB837Author
Legend
July 21, 2015

Hey Colin,

thanks, I didn't know that! We already have all those sizes included already, so I guess we are good to go

Cheers

Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
Inspiring
July 21, 2015

I don't think I've tried it, but it would be interesting to put in 512x512 too. Maybe Amazon OS would use it.

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