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Categorize icons

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Last updated 4 months ago

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The in-app categories help people find the icons they need quicker. Some icons are categorized automatically with a prefix in the name like calendar_ or folder_, which works for icons like those. However, to give all names the prefix of games_ for example, would add an unwanted attribute to the name.

That's why certain categories are curated by hand:

  • Games

  • System apps

You can help by expanding these categories, it's even pretty easy to do, with no coding or creating skills required.

  1. The categories are located inside generated/, there you will find games.xml & system.xml.

  2. Click on one of the files and then on the edit button.

  3. Add the names of the icons to the list (in alphabetical order).

    1. You can easily search for icons using our search site.

  4. Click commit changes, add a small description and create the pull request.

Please let us know if you would like to see more categories by creating a .

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