Google plus has just announced a new change aimed primarily at application developers and is planning to do so Improve consistency and promote some uniformity between applications in the Google plus Play Store. The company publishes vía his official developer bloga new design specification related to the aplicación icons in the store.
As cánido be read in the articulo, from now on Google plus Play icons are shown as squares with rounded cornersand developers don’t have the option to make their aplicación icons “free” in the store catalog.
From left: original icon, new icon (for example), original icon in legacy mode.
The changes will begin in early April. Only then will developers who upload new icons to the store be able to verify that they meet the requirements of this new design specification from Google plus Play, although those who don’t will still be accepted. However, it will From May 1st it will no longer be possible to upload icons that do not meet the requirements.
As seen in the images shared by Google plus, the icons now have a square shape with rounded corners, an option that cánido be activated by selecting since the launch of Android Oreo and the implementation of adaptive icons the Circle option.. However, Google plus points out that these are subject to change It does not affect how aplicaciones are displayed in the launcher or other parts of the system, and that only the square shape of the icons will appear on Google plus Play. Some aspects are also mentioned that developers should consider:
- Icons remain the same (512 x 512), but transparent backgrounds are not allowed.
- Google plus Play and Google chrome OS automatically apply rounded corners and shadows to icons. The corner radius is 20% of the icon size to ensure consistency across different sizes.
- The version of Google plus Play aimed at other platforms (Android televisión, WearOS, Android Coche…) will not change.
- This change does not affect the APK icons in the launcher on Android.
All changes are available in the The resource site for Android developersand recommended to developers of aplicaciones and games for Android Make the necessary changes to your aplicación icons as soon as possible to meet the requirements of this patchaims to improve consistency in the Google plus Play Store interfaz.