How to make the icon background of an Android app transparent?

Question

A PNG image is to be used as the icon foreground, and the background should be completely transparent.

Using Android Studio > New Image Asset > Configure

Answer 1

First you have a background image to get transparent icon without any background image you can't get your icon transparent .

And if you look to get image transparent you simply use some photo editor.

Answer 2

Method 1:

if you have a png, just copy it and paste it in drawable, and refer to image name from manifest.

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

        ....
        </application>

Method 2:

Goto file > new > image asset, make sure you select a png image (with transparent background) & set background shape to none.

Answer 3

Get a view of the imageButton

View v = findViewById(R.id.myImageBtn);

get the icon from the app for example Chrome

pkgnam="com.android.chrome";
Intent intent1 = ctx.getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage(pgknam);
Drawable myIcon = getPackageManager().getActivityIcon(intent1);

set the background icon the same as the foreground icon

v.setForeground(myIcon);
v.setBackground(myIcon);