Is there a way to create xxhdpi xhdpi hdpi mdpi and ldpi drawables from a large scale image

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Is there a way to create xxhdpi  xhdpi  hdpi  mdpi and ldpi drawables from a large scale image automatically  For example assume that I have a 512x512 image and I want to have different versions of this images for different screen resolutions supported by Android in appropriate folders

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Use Android Studio Image Asset  Go to    Project gt res -- gt  right click   new gt  image asset   Then set   -Icon type  Launcher Icons -Asset type  Image -Path  the path to your image -Trim  No -Padding  0  -Shape  None -Effect  None   Select  Next Finish   Now you will have your icon in the correct resolutions      EDIT  I recommend to use SVG images to create Vector Drawables  and then use them in a canvas to resize them to the correct size or simply change the DP   You can get the default icons from Google or just create your Own    Project gt res -- gt  right click  new gt  vector asset   Then set   -Asset type  Local file  SVG  PSD  -Path  the path to your image -Size  check Override to keep your aspect ratio  -Chek enable auto mirroring for RTL Layout    Select  Next Finish   Now you will have your icon and you will be able to change size  color etc

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A bash script using ImageMagick  convert  as per CommonsWare s answer   Added folder creation and argument check thanks to Kishan Vaghela     bin sh  ---------------------------------------------------------------   Given an xxhdpi image or an App Icon  launcher   this script   creates different dpis resources and the necessary folders   if they don t exist     Place this script  as well as the source image  inside res   folder and execute it passing the image filename as argument     Example      drawables dpis creation sh ic launcher png   OR     drawables dpis creation sh my cool xxhdpi image png     Copyright  c  2016 Ricardo Romao    This free software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY and   is distributed under GNU GPL v3 license    ---------------------------------------------------------------  if      -eq 0    then     echo  No arguments supplied  else if   -f   1     then     echo   Creating different dimensions  dips  of   1           mkdir -p drawable-xxxhdpi     mkdir -p drawable-xxhdpi     mkdir -p drawable-xhdpi     mkdir -p drawable-hdpi     mkdir -p drawable-mdpi      if    1    ic launcher png     then         echo    App icon detected          convert ic launcher png -resize 144x144 drawable-xxhdpi ic launcher png         convert ic launcher png -resize 96x96 drawable-xhdpi ic launcher png         convert ic launcher png -resize 72x72 drawable-hdpi ic launcher png         convert ic launcher png -resize 48x48 drawable-mdpi ic launcher png         rm -i ic launcher png     else         convert  1 -resize 75  drawable-xxhdpi  1         convert  1 -resize 50  drawable-xhdpi  1         convert  1 -resize 38  drawable-hdpi  1         convert  1 -resize 25  drawable-mdpi  1         mv  1 drawable-xxxhdpi  1     fi echo   Done  else     echo   1 not found   fi fi

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Update   The old way of installing the plugin doesn t work anymore but a fork of original plugin is still functional here  You can still follow this answer after installing the plugin manually    If you want quick and easy way visit https   www img-bak in  or https   appicon co  they work with iOS as well   I will try to explain the process in step wise basis  so that it will be simple to understand to anyone   1  Install the plugin manually as provided in the ReadME  2  Restart  android studio  3  As you can see in the following screencap  there is only one drawable here    4  Now right-click on the drawable folder and navigate to New Batch Drawable Import      5  Now select  the Single   image you want different variations of drawables     6  Now select which dimension the origin image is  If the origin image is  xxhdpi like in my case select  xxhdpi   as  Source Resoultion    7  Now press ok  then ok again   and then it will take few seconds and then you will magically get all the variables of the drawables

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Use an online service like Image Baker     It s simple  Upload the images and download processed assets for both Android and iOS     Note  Image Baker is a free service created by my friend and myself

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The easiest way is to use Resource Manager  Then you can select each density  And after importing you can see the 6 different versions of this image

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There is also the possibility to use the Vector Asset Studio in combination with Scalable Vector Graphics  SVG   Android Studio will handle the rest for you  As the official documentation says      Vector Asset Studio helps you add material icons and import Scalable   Vector Graphic  SVG  files into your app project as a drawable   resource  Compared to raster images  vector drawables can reduce the   size of your app and be resized without loss of image quality  They   help you to more easily support different Android devices with varying   screen sizes and resolutions because you can display one vector   drawable on all of them    I consider this the future approach

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I had using solution all this way in this thread  and it s easy working with plugin Android Drawable Importer  If u using Android Studio on MacOS  just try this step to get in    Click bar menu Android Studio then choose Preferences or tap button Command     Then choose Plugins Click Browse repositories Write in the search coloumn Android Drawable Importer Click Install button And then dialog Restart is showing  just restart it Android Studio   After ur success installing the plugin  to work it this plugin just click create New menu and then choose Batch Drawable Import  Then click plus button a k a Add button  and go choose your file to make drawable  And then just click ok and ok the drawable has make it all of them   If u confused with my word  just see the image tutorial from learningmechine

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EDIT    The website is now called appicon co    I usually use assets codly io It generates the assets locally in your browser  no upload  no download

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I wrote a Photoshop script to create ic launcher png files from PSD file  Just check ic launcher exporter    To use it  just download it and use the script from photoshop     And configure where you want to generate output files

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Just found an easy way to do it in the new Android Studio

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Not 100  automatic  but I save a lot of time using Photoshop Actions    For instance  given xhdpi assets  I then create a task for hdpi and mdpi  that scales to 66 66  and to 44 44  respectively  Then I run the actions for all images on folder xhdpi   For 512x512 images  all you have to do is calculate which percentage should you scale your images to achieve xxhpi  xhdpi  hdpi  and mdpi

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Update    The plugin previously mentioned has been abandoned  but it apparently has an up-to-date fork here   Old Answer   I use the Android Studio plugin named Android Drawable Importer     To use it after installed  right click your res drawable folder and select New  gt  Batch Drawable Import   Then select your image via the   button and set the Resolution to be xxhdpi  or whatever the resolution of your source image is

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Just use https   romannurik github io AndroidAssetStudio index html  It can make a set of icons from an image  later you can download a zip-file  Or download a Windows application at https   github com redwarp 9-Patch-Resizer releases  doesn t need to install  and open an icon  Also you can use a plugin Android Drawable Importer  see answers above  Because it is abandoned  install forks  See Why does Android Drawable Importer ignore selection in AS 3 5 onwards or https   github com Vincent-Loi android-drawable-importer-intellij-plugin  https   appicon co  image-sets

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I use a tool called Android Icon Set in the Eclipse for standard icons like Launcher  ActionBar  Tab icons and notification icons  You can launch it from File --  New --  Other   --  Android --  Android Icon Set  The best part is that you can choose any file from your computer and it will automatically place all the images of standard sizes into your project directory

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A simple plugin in Android will help you Step 1  Go to Settings Step 2  Click on Plugin Step 3  Search for Android Drawable Importer Step 4  Install plugin and restart  How to use   Go to File New Batch Drawable Import  Enjoy

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Option  1  Just ship the -xxhdpi drawables and let Android downsample them for you at runtime  downside  will only work on fairly recent devices  where -xxhdpi is known   Option  2  Use Android Asset Studio to downsample them for you  Option  3  Automate the process within a graphics editor  per ssantos  answer  Option  4  Script yourself a solution  using something like ImageMagick  Option  5  Use image baker

[android] Is there a way to create xxhdpi, xhdpi, hdpi, mdpi and ldpi drawables from a large scale image?

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