[FIXED] Error occurred while copying resources/android/icon/mdpi-foreground.png

Issue

I am getting following error while copying icons and splash screen using cordova-res.

I am using capacitor to build the app

I am using following command to copy the icons:

cordova-res android --skip-config --copy

here is the response of the command:

~/Public/accountech-ecommerce/ionic-files$ cordova-res android --skip-config --copy
Generated 18 resources for Android
WARN:   Error occurred while copying resources/android/icon/mdpi-foreground.png
WARN:   Error occurred while copying resources/android/icon/mdpi-background.png
WARN:   Error occurred while copying resources/android/icon/hdpi-foreground.png
WARN:   Error occurred while copying resources/android/icon/hdpi-background.png
WARN:   Error occurred while copying resources/android/icon/xhdpi-foreground.png
WARN:   Error occurred while copying resources/android/icon/xhdpi-background.png
WARN:   Error occurred while copying resources/android/icon/xxhdpi-foreground.png
WARN:   Error occurred while copying resources/android/icon/xxhdpi-background.png
WARN:   Error occurred while copying resources/android/icon/xxxhdpi-foreground.png
WARN:   Error occurred while copying resources/android/icon/xxxhdpi-background.png
Copied 31 resource items to Android

PS: I have followed this instruction to do that: https://capacitorjs.com/docs/guides/splash-screens-and-icons

Solution

I ran into the same error in a new Ionic [email protected] project. I had the splash.png and icon.png in the resources directory. But those aren't enough. The error is related to the Adaptive Icons section for cordova-res. 2 more icons are missing in your resources directory.

1. Add the required icon-foreground.png and icon-background.png to the resources/android directory
2. (Optional) Check if cordova-res is the latest. For me I upgraded to version 0.15.3 on a mac with this commands: sudo npm -g remove cordova-res and then sudo npm -g install cordova-res --unsafe-perm
3. Re-run the command:

cordova-res android --skip-config --copy

• Successful output now looks like (the 18 changed to 24):

Generated 24 resources for Android
Copied 31 resource items to Android

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Answer Checked By - Pedro (JavaFixing Volunteer)