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I updated my project ic_launcher icon from drawable to mipmap with the following configuration:

Old project:

drawable
- ic_launcher.png(5)
-- ic_launcher.png(hdpi)
-- ic_launcher.png(mdpi)
-- ic_launcher.png(xhdpi)
-- ic_launcher.png(xxhdpi)
-- ic_launcher.png(xxxhdpi)

Manifest android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"

New project:

mipmap
- ic_launcher.png(5)
-- ic_launcher.png(hdpi)
-- ic_launcher.png(mdpi)
-- ic_launcher.png(xhdpi)
-- ic_launcher.png(xxhdpi)
-- ic_launcher.png(xxxhdpi)

Manifest: android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"

After a new release of my application I had a bad surprise, users that made the update to the new version had all the default android icon instead of the app icon provided.

How to be able to make this transition working? Because I used every tricks without any outputs.

Alexandre Nussbaumer
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  • Ask them to reboot their device. Or, ask them to check the icon in your app's screen in Settings. Their home screen may have cached the old resource ID. – CommonsWare Aug 16 '15 at 13:34
  • @CommonsWare Thanks for your quick answer. That could be a solution but you can't ask all your users to make such a manipulation. I'm trying to fix that issue by providing a new application update directly. – Alexandre Nussbaumer Aug 16 '15 at 13:51
  • "That could be a solution but you can't ask all your users to make such a manipulation" -- changing anything associated with your home screen launcher (icon, caption, activity to be launched, etc.) is risky for this very reason. – CommonsWare Aug 16 '15 at 13:55

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