I, as so many Android programmers before me, would like to change the Icon of my App from the inside. My App would be a simple WiFi Switch App, with an Icon that displays the state. Yes, WiFi is in the Notification Bar. Byte me, I am lazy. Anyway, there is not a simple system in place to do so, so it seems.
I have searched, low and shallow (not longer then an hour). And this is what I came up with:
- 2009 - Application Icon
- 2010 - With 2013 link to how SuperSU does it, same as 2009.
- 2011 - Nothing new.
- 2012 - Same as 2009.
- 2013 - First answer has very good explanation.
- 2014 - Still same as 2009.
- 2016 - Shortcut question not solved.
Question: is there a better / easier way to do so than here in the links? It has been 7 years already!
The answer from 2013 explains it as it is today. There is still no way to change the launcher icon of an app without using third-party software. I doubt Android will add support for this in the near future, as you can use widgets for this sort of thing already.