What is image asset?

Android Studio includes a tool called Image Asset Studio that helps you generate your own app icons from material icons, custom images, and text strings . It generates a set of icons at the appropriate resolution for each pixel density that your app supports.

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Is an image an asset?

An asset is a file that is bundled and deployed with your app, and is accessible at runtime. Common types of assets include static data (for example, JSON files), configuration files, icons, and images (JPEG, WebP, GIF, animated WebP/GIF, PNG, BMP, and WBMP).

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