# Custom icon for your app

Every app needs a different icon. By default, the Cordova icon is used for each new app. You can replace this with your own design very easily.

There is a very handy node script for creating icons. For more information, be sure to read the accompanying info page.

$ npm install -g cordova-res

You can do this exercise on any application. As an example, we will use the basic app from the previous chapter.

# cordova-res android --type icon

Create an image of at least 1024x1024 pixels (or download this example icon icon.png) .
Create in the root of the cordova project a new folder resources.
Save this image as icon.png in the resources folder.
Open the terminal at the root folder of the cordova project and run the following command:

$ cordova-res android --type icon

You only have to run this command once. Unless, of course, you want to generate a new icon...
The generated icons are created in the resources/android/icon/ folder, and the paths are added to config.xml.
Now connect your smartphone via USB to your computer and execute the following command:

$ cordova run android