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How to Fix the White Notification Icon in Android Push Notifications

If you are working with Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) and notice that your Android push notification is displaying a white square, blank icon, or incorrect icon, you are not alone. In this post, we'll configure a proper notification icon and set it as the default Firebase notification icon.

How to Fix the White Notification Icon in Android Push Notifications

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If you are working with Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) and notice that your Android push notification is displaying a white square, blank icon, or incorrect icon, you are not alone.

In this post, we'll configure a proper notification icon and set it as the default Firebase notification icon.

You may see a notification where the icon appears as a simple white square instead of your expected notification icon.

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If you are working with Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) and notice that your Android push notification is displaying a white square, blank icon, or incorrect icon, you are not alone. In this post, we'll configure a proper notification icon and set it as the default Firebase notification icon. You may see a notification where the icon appears as a simple white square instead of your expected notification icon.

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  • This can happen when Firebase doesn't have a properly configured default notification icon or when the application icon is being used as the notification icon.
  • Android notification icons should be small, monochrome icons with a transparent background.
  • Configure the Notification Icon in AndroidManifest.xml Open: android / app / sr...

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Add a default notification icon configuration to AndroidManifest.xml. Add ic_notification.png to the Android drawable density folders.

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