This script for Photoshop help you to create directly from a PSD file the collection of images to create:
- icons for launcher
- icons for notification area
Icons can be used in Android applications development within Eclipse with ADT plugin or Android studio IDE. The generated icons has following resolution (for dpi-density) for launcher icons:
- mdpi: 48 x 48 px
- hdpi: 72 x 72 px
- xhdpi: 96 x 96 px
- xxhdpi: 144 x 144 px
- xxxhdpi: 192 x 192 px
And for notification area icons:
- mdpi: 24 x 24 px
- hdpi: 36 x 36 px
- xhdpi: 44 x 44 px
- xxhdpi: 72 x 72 px
- xxxhdpi: 96 x 96 px
Just download the script script/ic_launcher_exporter-${version}.jsx from github repository to your photoshop plugin directory.
In Photoshop, once you have opened your image, you can select script with menu File -> Scripts -> Browse .
When dialog appears, you can select the root folder where script generate needed files. Moreover you can select project layout you are using.
For launcher icon the default name is ic_launcher. For notification icon, the default name is ic_notification.
For eclipse project you have to select <project folder>/res as root folder. If not present, script will generate needed sub-folders. The generate files are:
drawable-ldpi/${file_name}.pngdrawable-mdpi/${file_name}.pngdrawable-hdpi/${file_name}.pngdrawable-xhdpi/${file_name}.pngdrawable-xxhdpi/${file_name}.pngdrawable-xxxhdpi/${file_name}.png
You can define an alternative file name just typing a name in field file name under Export folder and filename panel. When you select the genera
For Android Studio layout, you have to select /res as root foder. If not present, script will generate needed sub-folders. The generate files are:
mipmap-ldpi/${file_name}.pngmipmap-mdpi/${file_name}.pngmipmap-hdpi/${file_name}.pngmipmap-xhdpi/${file_name}.pngmipmap-xxhdpi/${file_name}.pngmipmap-xxxhdpi/${file_name}.png
Supported version of Android Studio is 1.1.0 and above. For previous version consider to use Eclipse layout.