Why does ICS not come with some icons for Holo Light?

Question

I'm trying to use ic_menu_refresh in my project. However, I need it for the Holo Light theme, which I can't find in the Android SDK (android-15/data/res/drawable-hdpi). It's there for Holo Dark, though.

I also found it in the Gmail APK, so I could take it from there...

But why does Android 4.0 only come with some of the icons for both themes? (Or am I looking in the wrong place?)

Answer 1

It doesn't appear that they come in the SDK /data/res/drawable-[SIZE], but you can get some of them from this page: http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/actionbar.html (or direct link: [REDACTED - see below])

That has both holo and holo light icons in that zip.

Answer 2

You are right. And while you can download the zip file of all standard icons from the android design page (as @Troy McCabe said), this zip file does not include xxhdpi versions. The best way, which will also give you the xxhdpi version of standard icons in both Holo Light and Dark as well as custom colors, is to:

Go to Android asset studio and select Action bar and tab icons. In that page, select CLIPART as the Source and pick whichever icon that you want. You can select Holo Light, Dark, or any custom color for the icons.

Answer 3

The best place for standard icons is Android Asset Studio