Android Adaptive Icon Slightly Misaligned #676

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opened 2025-11-26 22:25:33 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 5 comments
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Originally created by @simondemartini on GitHub (Nov 17, 2018).

The Android app's adaptive icon is not centered when used in a circle. For example on my Google Pixel which uses the circle variation looks like:
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I'm not a designer, but the top two corners of the shield icon look like they're too close to the edge of the circle frame. It would look better to me for the shield icon to be a little smaller and more centered so the spacing around it is even.

Originally created by @simondemartini on GitHub (Nov 17, 2018). The Android app's adaptive icon is not centered when used in a circle. For example on my Google Pixel which uses the circle variation looks like: ![index-cropped](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/279847/48666359-a8914a00-ea74-11e8-962a-61aeaf8a6404.png) I'm not a designer, but the top two corners of the shield icon look like they're too close to the edge of the circle frame. It would look better to me for the shield icon to be a little smaller and more centered so the spacing around it is even.
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@kspearrin commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2018):

It is actually center aligned properly. What you're seeing is an illusion created by the shape of the icon, making it seem like it is off-center.

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@kspearrin commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2018): It is actually center aligned properly. What you're seeing is an illusion created by the shape of the icon, making it seem like it is off-center. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1190944/48672634-6c0e2e80-eb06-11e8-9206-853a4292e03f.png)
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@simondemartini commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2018):

While it may be technically centered, I think we could compensate for that illusion of misalignment by either moving the shield down a little. Or we might be able to decrease the size of the shield so there is more padding between the top corners of the shield and the edges of the circle.

Here's a (very rough) idea of a lowered and slightly smaller shield to be more visually centered:
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@simondemartini commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2018): While it may be technically centered, I think we could compensate for that illusion of misalignment by either moving the shield down a little. Or we might be able to decrease the size of the shield so there is more padding between the top corners of the shield and the edges of the circle. Here's a (very rough) idea of a lowered and slightly smaller shield to be more visually centered: ![lowered](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/279847/48675261-9e6e5a80-eb0b-11e8-88ad-a980a091d5af.png)
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@Sotilrac commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2019):

Thanks @simondemartini to bring up this issue. The visually aligned version looks indeed very nice.

I was showing the app to some people (I recently adopted it), and got some feedback about it "looking like malware" because of this misalignment.

If it's welcome, I'll do a PR to help with this.

@Sotilrac commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2019): Thanks @simondemartini to bring up this issue. The visually aligned version looks indeed very nice. I was showing the app to some people (I recently adopted it), and got some feedback about it "looking like malware" because of this _misalignment_. If it's welcome, I'll do a PR to help with this.
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@Good2G commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2021):

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@Good2G commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2021): [key](put://tosdr.org/en/service/418)![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/77222361/106362529-97912400-62e0-11eb-9e62-8098ff09da22.jpg)
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@djsmith85 commented on GitHub (Mar 2, 2022):

Closing this as all icons have changed since. If this is still an issue, feel free to re-open.

@djsmith85 commented on GitHub (Mar 2, 2022): Closing this as all icons have changed since. If this is still an issue, feel free to re-open.
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