r/AndroidStudio

Hey everyone — I’m hoping someone here has encountered this before because I’m completely stuck. I'm new to this subreddit and reddit in general, so.. here goes.

I’ve submitted my Android app to Google Play 7 times now, and it keeps getting rejected for the same “Misleading Claims” policy issue related to app icons.

Google says:

• My Play Store icon does not match my installed launcher icon
• Their review screenshots show the DEFAULT Android Studio robot icon on-device

... But my Play Store listing shows my real custom icon.

The confusing part:
I CANNOT find the Android robot icon anywhere in my project anymore.

What I’ve already done:

• Removed all visible references to the default generic icon
• Re-generated adaptive launcher icons in Android Studio
• Replaced icons in mipmap folders
• Verified the app icon appears correctly on my physical device
• Verified it appears correctly in emulator
• Cleaned/rebuilt the project multiple times
• Uploaded multiple new AABs with various changes to xmls, such as monochrome
• Submitted appeals to Google multiple times

Yet Google STILL claims the uploaded app installs with the default Android robot icon.

What’s especially frustrating is:

• Locally everything looks correct
• My installed app icon is correct
• The Play Store icon is correct
• ONLY Google’s review environment somehow sees the robot icon

Their rejection screenshots literally show:

• Correct store listing icon
• Wrong installed launcher icon

At this point I have run out of suspected culprits outside of some niche build variant issue. Has anyone encountered this exact issue before?

If so:

• what specifically caused it?
• where did the hidden/default icon end up being?
• how did you finally resolve it?

I’ve already lost nearly a month fighting this issue and Google support responses have been entirely automated/copy-paste.

Any help would be hugely appreciated.

I’m building a gamified fitness app 🌍

The goal is to make consistency and transformation feel more addictive and motivating.

I’m looking for a few Android users to test the early version and give feedback.

Early testers may also get perks/rewards when the full version launches.

I would greatly appreciate the support and if interested feel free to comment below or send me a message.

I am not a proper developer but i keep experimenting things made by AI for my android phone but i am always concered of it bricking my phone idk why i dont trust it fully. God knows when it writes a sketchy script or somekind of loop.

Android Studio Emulator is one of the name i heard but i dont think my laptop would be able to handle so as its heavy(Acc. to chatgpt).

Of course, I’ve already started learning Kotlin and had some practice in IntelliJ IDEA.
I also started learning Jetpack Compose, and now I’m trying to build some simple mini apps like a Todo app or a Weather forecast app.

But I have a problem — I can’t really find a good free YouTube channel that explains the theory in a clear and structured way for beginners.

I’m looking for a resource (preferably a book or course) that explains how everything actually works together — like how an app communicates with a backend, how data is fetched and displayed in the UI, how servers and APIs work, Local and Cloud storages like Room, SQL and Firebase etc. works

Not too deep or overly complex, but something that helps me understand the full picture as a beginner and build a strong foundation for Android development.

Do you have any recommendations?