Android MipMaps not working (Android Studio)

Question

So, I set the mipmap folders up in the res/ directory (such as /src/main/res/mipmap-mdpi, and so on, for the different densities), and in the manifest I put the android:icon=@mipmap/ic_launcher for the ic_launcher.png files, yet I still get that android green guy on my phone when i press the play button. very frustrating. any suggestions to try?

ive tried uninstalling the app and cleaning the project

Answer 1

I had closed the tag in the manifest file so it wasn't reading in the mipmap resources

should have been

<application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        >

instead of

<application>
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"