Regarding the tutorial "Adaptive Icons"

[Sandman]

Commenting from https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/adaptive-icons.95244/#post-601843

this is really one more annoying thing to worry about courtesy Google again

True. However I prefer thinking of it like "great, another way I can separate my app and make it look even more gorgeous compared to the competition".

 

[JordiCP]

However I prefer thinking of it like "great, another way I can separate my app and make it look even more gorgeous compared to the competition".

Also true, but even if maintenance and continuous improvement is good/advisable/key for apps, I hate the feeling that something that yesterday was ok, tomorrow won't be, not because of bugs or new features, but because of policy/guidelines changes.

[ +1 for the "WOOP WOOP" Tag ]

 

[KMatle]

Huawei just updated my Mate 10 to Android 8.0. My icons look the same and - in comparison to the new round icons - look somehow better. Icons are good but these times all look "similar due to the circled design" which causes me to "search" for an app.

 

[Multiverse app]

great, another way I can separate my app and make it look even more gorgeous compared to the competition

So true

 

[derez]

Read this https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0254-z to understand the "handicap principle" in biology, then you'll understand what google is doing.