How to import set of icons into Android Studio project

Question

I downloaded collection of icons from Android Developers center Each icon in this collection is ordered in forlders according to its resolution  drawable-hdpi  drawable-mdpi  drawable-xhdpi  drawable-xxhdpi   Is there a way to import all the 4 icon s files in one action to Android Studio or I need to copy it one by one    when I used new- Image Asset   I had to fill a file path  I couldn t fill it with folder path   Update 25 2 15  According to this SO question  seems like there is a way to generate the 4 size of icons by Android Asset Studio  and then import the zip file directly to your Android Studio project res folder - has anyone used it

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Newer versions of Android support vector graphics, which is preferred over PNG icons. Android Studio 2.1.2 (and probably earlier versions) comes with Vector Asset Studio, which will automatically create PNG files for vector graphics that you add.

The Vector Asset Studio supports importing vector icons from the SDK, as well as your own SVG files.

This article describes Vector Asset Studio: https://developer.android.com/studio/write/vector-asset-studio.html

Summary for how to add a vector graphic with PNG files (partially copied from that URL):

In the Project window, select the Android view.
Right-click the res folder and select New > Vector Asset.
The Material Icon radio button should be selected; then click Choose
Select your icon, tweak any settings you need to tweak, and Finish.
Depending on your settings (see article), PNGs are generated during build at the app/build/generated/res/pngs/debug/ folder.

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Since Android Studio 3 4  there is a new tool called Resource manager  It supports importing many drawables at once  vectors  pngs         Follow the official documentation

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just like Gregory Seront said here       Actually if you downloaded the icons pack from the android web site  you will see that you have one folder per resolution named drawable-mdpi etc  Copy all folders into the res  not the drawable  folder in Android Studio  This will automatically make all the different resolution of the icon available    but if your not getting the images from a generator site  maybe your UX team provides them   just make sure your folders are named drawable-hdpi  drawable-mdpi  etc   then in mac select all folders by holding shift and then copy them  DO NOT DRAG   Paste the folders into the res folder  android will take care of the rest and copy all drawables into the correct folder

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If for some reason you don t want to use the plugin  then here s the script you can use to copy the resources to your android studio project   echo       Copying resources       echo  Enter folder   read srcFolder echo  Enter filename with extension   read srcFile cp  Users YOUR USER Downloads material-design-icons-master   srcFolder  drawable-xxxhdpi   srcFile   Users YOUR USER AndroidStudioProjects YOUR PROJECT app src main res drawable-xxxhdpi   srcFile   echo  xxxhdpi copied  cp  Users YOUR USER Downloads material-design-icons-master   srcFolder  drawable-xxhdpi   srcFile   Users YOUR USER AndroidStudioProjects YOUR PROJECT app src main res drawable-xxhdpi   srcFile   echo  xxhdpi copied  cp  Users YOUR USER Downloads material-design-icons-master   srcFolder  drawable-xhdpi   srcFile   Users YOUR USER AndroidStudioProjects YOUR PROJECT app src main res drawable-xhdpi   srcFile   echo  xhdpi copied  cp  Users YOUR USER Downloads material-design-icons-master   srcFolder  drawable-hdpi   srcFile   Users YOUR USER AndroidStudioProjects YOUR PROJECT app src main res drawable-hdpi   srcFile   echo  hdpi copied  cp  Users YOUR USER Downloads material-design-icons-master   srcFolder  drawable-mdpi   srcFile   Users YOUR USER AndroidStudioProjects YOUR PROJECT app src main res drawable-mdpi   srcFile   echo  mdpi copied

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Actually if you downloaded the icons pack from the android web site  you will see that you have one folder per resolution named drawable-mdpi etc  Copy all folders into the res  not the drawable  folder in Android Studio  This will automatically make all the different resolution of the icon available

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Edit    After Android Studios 1 5 android support Vector Asset Studio     Follow this  which says      To start Vector Asset Studio          In Android Studio  open an Android app project     In the Project window  select the Android view    Right-click the res folder and select New   Vector Asset               Old Answer  Go to Settings   Plugin   Browse Repository   Search Android Drawable Import  This plugin consists of 4 main features    AndroidIcons Drawable Import Material Icons Drawable Import Scaled Drawable Multisource-Drawable   How to Use Material Icons Drawable Import    Android Studio 1 2    Go to File   Setting   Other Settings   Android Drawable Import      Download Material Icon and select your downloaded path       Now right click on project   New   Material Icon Import      Use your favorite drawable in your project

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what u need to do is icons downloaded from material design  open that folder there are lots of icons categories specified  open any of it choose any icon and go to this folder -  drawable-anydpi-v21  this folder contains xml files copy any xml file and paste it to this location -  C  Users Username AndroidStudioProjects ur project name app src main res drawable  That s it    now you can use the icon in ur project

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For custom images you created yourself  you can do without the plugin   Right click on res folder  selecting New   Image Asset  browse image file  Select the largest image you have   It will create all densities for you  Make sure you select an original image  not an asset studio image with an alpha  or you will semi-transpartent it twice

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