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Missed Instagram icon

asked 2019-03-09 02:35:40 +0200

tamarindojuice gravatar image

I have installed instagram on sailfish (sony x f5121) but there's no icon on screen. Also another app the same problem. Any idea?Thanks in advance

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Its a bug in Alien Dalvik. I have the same issue with the Instagram app.

lqs01 ( 2019-03-09 03:40:58 +0200 )edit
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the same with duolingo

chris7chris ( 2019-03-09 07:56:13 +0200 )edit

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answered 2019-03-09 11:54:18 +0200

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updated 2019-03-09 16:39:29 +0200

I'm missing the icon on Chrome.

For some reason this particular icon apparently has failed to copy itself to /var/lib/apkd (Android app icon storage folder), when the apk was installed. Therefore there is no icon available for the app launcher and it has nothing to show but empty space.

Unlike in the link in the answer by @rgrnetalk, I do have a .desktop file for the Chrome app in /usr/share/applications, but the icon .png referred in the .desktop file is missing from /var/lib/apkd.

If you got the .desktop file, and copy an icon image file with the correct name into the /var/lib/apkd folder, the app will use that (after a restart). You will need the root rights to do that. This fixed the Chrome app for me and the icon now shows in my app launcher.

People do this to use modified icons which obey the Sailfish design standard for Android apps, instead of the apps' own regular icon. Alas, these custom icons tend to get overruled by every app upgrade, as the re-install process replaces the .png file in /var/lib/apkd with the app's standard one.

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answered 2019-03-09 12:02:15 +0200

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maybe you will find the solution here: https://together.jolla.com/question/131246/bugalipay-android-app-desktop-file-not-generated-no-iconwith-solution/

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