# Android app icon shrinking over time
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** pwa
**Created:** [September 10, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648 "2022-09-10T16:30:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@Frully](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frully)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/1 "2022-09-10T16:30:14Z")
Did a brief search for various iterations of android, icon, shrink, discourse - and no love…just a post about someone unable to get transparency working.
Android app for a few of my users has been gradually shrinking our site logo a few % each day. Apple user didn’t get the problem, nor did I with an older Pixel3/Android 12.
Me Pixel 3 android 12:
Edit-I seem to have the chrome update now also…
Apple
Galaxy s10 android 12
Sept 7
Sept 8
Sept 9
Alternate user, pixel 3a android 11 - didn’t notice until now, but he’s one shrink ahead of galaxy user:
Last (pink) user reports can be resolved by removing and re-adding the discourse hub app/link to forum. Not sure if that will just restart their shrinkage countdown.
Changed category to #Contribute > Bug as it seems to not just be my forum.
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### Author:  [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/2 "2022-09-10T17:27:49Z")
This issue is reproduced by [devforum.roblox.com](http://devforum.roblox.com).
[https://devforum.roblox.com/t/the-forum-pwa-app-icon-is-very-small/1975730?u=darkpixlz](https://devforum.roblox.com/t/the-forum-pwa-app-icon-is-very-small/1975730?u=darkpixlz)
I cant reproduce on my forum, becasue I dont have an android. Will ask android users when namecheap decides to let the domain exist.
In this screenshot the icon is nearly gone.
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### Author:  [@th21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/th21)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/3 "2022-09-10T17:31:08Z")
Before clicking on this topic I was wondering how will the icon shrink, after reading the OP it is just so funny 🤣
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/4 "2022-09-10T18:05:52Z")
Maybe this is a #Contribute > Feature, with lifers only having a white square as a badge of honor 😆
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### Author:  [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/5 "2022-09-10T18:38:52Z")
Same on my device but I think this is a chrome bug. I didn’t update my forum since august 20 but this strange icon behaviour is only since a few days. So I checked and there was a chrome update on September 5. I think that caused it.
Huawei P20 Pro
Android 10
Chrome: 105.0.5195.79
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 6:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/7 "2022-09-13T06:41:58Z")
Quick update, @Falco is going to have a look at this, looks to me like our auto resizer is re-applying to existing resized images or something like that.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/8 "2022-09-13T14:19:44Z")
As said by @Don, this appears to be a bug on Google’s WebAPK generation service, as the logo on the manifest file is unchanged and still on the original dimensions.
[https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1363183](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1363183)
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### Author:  [@Lillian\_Karabaic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lillian_Karabaic)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/9 "2022-09-14T14:30:52Z")
Thank you for posting. We are having the same issue and the saga of the shrinking logos is keeping our whole community amused
> **[Forum logo shrinking](https://forum.ohmydollar.com/t/forum-logo-shrinking/4773/32)**
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> OH MY GOD
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### Author:  [@Lillian\_Karabaic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lillian_Karabaic)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/10 "2022-09-14T14:32:51Z")
> [@Stephen](#):
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> Maybe this is a #Contribute > Feature, with lifers only having a white square as a badge of honor 😆
This is how small it has gotten for us for one user 😂
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### Author:  [@khenmu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/khenmu)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/11 "2022-09-14T15:37:22Z")
This is expected during the colder months…
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/12 "2022-09-14T15:43:28Z")
FWIW, I noticed this as well but thought it was a _fix_ since the icon was no longer escaping the boundary around it. 😆
But now I see it’s getting even smaller over time.
ObXKCD:
> **[Rotation](https://xkcd.com/2671/)**
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/13 "2022-09-15T17:03:42Z")
> [@supermathie](#):
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> I noticed this as well but thought it was a _fix_ since the icon was no longer escaping the boundary around it. 😆
We intentionally mark the PWA icon as maskable, so it can be cut down the the DOZENS of formats of icons in different Android launchers:
> **[Maskable.app](https://maskable.app/?demo=https:%2F%2Fglobal.discourse-cdn.com%2Fmeta%2Foriginal%2F3X%2F9%2Fa%2F9af9456df3a40537038643d987ffcbd553ad3296.svg)**
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> Preview maskable icons in the browser!
Admins _should_ consider the maskable minimum safe area when creating those.
> [@Falco](#):
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> this appears to be a bug on Google’s WebAPK generation service
Google acked this bug, fix incoming.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/14 "2022-09-22T21:07:00Z")
Good news @here !
This was fixed on Google side so icons won’t get smaller every day anymore!
It won’t fix the existing icons yet, so if you want to fix the icons ASAP you will need to reinstall the PWA.
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### Author:  [@Frully](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frully)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/15 "2022-09-22T21:19:59Z")
Thanks for escalating this one! I never would have known to bug the chromium team.
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### Author:  [@khenmu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/khenmu)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/16 "2022-09-22T23:51:02Z")
Good to hear it’s been resolved. 🙂
> [@Frully](#):
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> to bug the chromium team
is that a pun? 😜
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### Author:  [@undasein](https://meta.discourse.org/u/undasein)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2022, 7:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/17 "2022-09-24T07:56:42Z")
How do I reinstall the application on Android? When the banner appears asking if you want to install it, if you click on it, it takes you to the Play Store to download the Discourse Hub app (not the “your site” standalone app)
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2022, 9:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/18 "2022-09-24T09:15:59Z")
You should be able to ‘install app’ or ‘add to homepage’ from your browser menu when you’re on the forum. 👍
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### Author:  [@undasein](https://meta.discourse.org/u/undasein)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/19 "2022-09-24T09:39:35Z")
“Add to homepage” was the solution, thanks!! 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2022, 9:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/20 "2022-10-24T09:40:28Z")
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