Cordova android app not showing icon on home screen

Question

We've got a web app powered by cordova to generate mobile apps. Everything does work on iOS.

We're trying to add the android platform and about everything works well except application icons.

The config.xml mostly follows what's on the docs:

<widget
    id="xxx"
    version="xxx"
    ios-CFBundleVersion="xxx"
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets"
    xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0"
>
    <name>xxx</name>
    <description></description>
    <author email="xxx" href="xxx">xxx</author>
    <content src="index.html" />

    <engine name="ios" spec="~4.5.1" />
    <engine name="android" spec="~6.3.0" />

    <platform name="ios">
        <allow-intent href="itms:*" />
        <allow-intent href="itms-apps:*" />
        <preference name="BackupWebStorage" value="none" />
        <preference name="deployment-target" value="8.0" />
        <preference name="KeyboardDisplayRequiresUserAction" value="false" />
        <preference name="UIWebViewDecelerationSpeed" value="normal" />

        <icon src="resources/icons/Icon-Small.png" width="29" height="29" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/[email protected]" width="58" height="58" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/[email protected]" width="87" height="87" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/Icon-40.png" width="40" height="40" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/Icon-50.png" width="50" height="50" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/[email protected]" width="100" height="100" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/Icon.png" width="57" height="57" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/[email protected]" width="114" height="114" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/[email protected]" width="80" height="80" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/[email protected]" width="120" height="120" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/Icon-60.png" width="60" height="60" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/[email protected]" width="120" height="120" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/[email protected]" width="180" height="180" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/Icon-72.png" width="72" height="72" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/[email protected]" width="144" height="144" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/Icon-76.png" width="76" height="76" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/[email protected]" width="152" height="152" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/Icon-83.5.png" width="83.5" height="83.5" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/[email protected]" width="167" height="167" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/[email protected]" width="1024" height="1024" />

        <preference name="ShowSplashScreenSpinner" value="false"/>

        <splash src="resources/splash/Default@2x~universal~anyany.png" width="2732" height="2732"/>
    </platform>

    <platform name="android">
        <allow-intent href="market:*" />

        <icon src="resources/icons/ldpi.png" density="ldpi" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/mdpi.png" density="mdpi" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/hdpi.png" density="hdpi" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/xhdpi.png" density="xhdpi" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/xxhdpi.png" density="xxhdpi" />
        <icon src="resources/icons/xxxhdpi.png" density="xxxhdpi" />

        <splash src="resources/splash/splash-land-hdpi.png" density="land-hdpi"/>
        <splash src="resources/splash/splash-land-ldpi.png" density="land-ldpi"/>
        <splash src="resources/splash/splash-land-mdpi.png" density="land-mdpi"/>
        <splash src="resources/splash/splash-land-xhdpi.png" density="land-xhdpi"/>
        <splash src="resources/splash/splash-port-hdpi.png" density="port-hdpi"/>
        <splash src="resources/splash/splash-port-ldpi.png" density="port-ldpi"/>
        <splash src="resources/splash/splash-port-mdpi.png" density="port-mdpi"/>
        <splash src="resources/splash/splash-port-xhdpi.png" density="port-xhdpi"/>

        <preference name="AndroidPersistentFileLocation" value="Compatibility" />
    </platform>

    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-whitelist" spec="1" />
    <access origin="*" />
    <allow-intent href="http://*/*" />
    <allow-intent href="https://*/*" />
    <allow-navigation href="https://*/*" />
    <allow-intent href="mailto:*" />
    <allow-navigation href="mailto:*" />

    <universal-links>
        <ios-team-id value="xxx" />
        <host name="$host" scheme="$scheme" event="universal-link-clicked"/>
    </universal-links>

    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-file-transfer" spec="~1.6.2" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-file" spec="~4.3.3" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-network-information" spec="~1.3.2" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-statusbar" spec="~2.2.2" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-background-fetch" spec="https://github.com/christocracy/cordova-plugin-background-fetch.git" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-inappbrowser" spec="~1.7.0" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-disable-bitcode" spec="~1.3.2" />
    <plugin name="com.batch.cordova" spec="https://github.com/floo51/cordova-plugin.git" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-splashscreen" spec="~4.0.2" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-ios-non-exempt-encryption" spec="~1.0.0" />
    <plugin name="cordova-universal-links-plugin" spec="~1.2.1" />
</widget>

There are different types of icons:

• APK file icon (works)
• Install screen (works)
• Apps menu (does not work)

• Home screen (does not work)

• Runnings apps (does not work)

Most weird is that it does work on simulator (nexus 5) but not on a OnePlus One or a Moto G4.

We're using cordova 6.5. All icons are resized according to what's on the docs. Did we miss anything ?

Answer 1

I recommend two things:

1) Use qualifier instead of density. Example:

<icon src="resources/icons/ldpi.png" qualifier="ldpi" />

2) Add default icon & splash as a fallback in the root folder of your project:

<icon src="icon.png" />
<splash src="splash.png" />