Unable to set alternate app icons in maui Android!!

[lakhan-bairawat]

Description

Previously, in Xamarin.Forms, we can set alternate app icons by registering multiple icons in the Android manifest and iOS Info.plist files. This allowed us to change the app icon and app name based on an identifier.

However, in .NET MAUI 7, achieving the same functionality
but it's not supported in .net 8 android .
In .NET 7 MAUI:

For Android: You can still use the previous method of registering multiple icons in the Android manifest file. This allows you to change the app icon based on an identifier.

For iOS: Use the CFBundleAlternateIcons key in the Info.plist file to define alternate app icons. Then, you can use the UIApplication.SharedApplication.SetAlternateIconName method to change the app icon dynamically.

In .NET 8 MAUI:

For Android: Since Android does not support adding alternative icons,

For iOS: You can still use the CFBundleAlternateIcons key in the Info.plist file and the UIApplication.SharedApplication.SetAlternateIconName method to define and change alternate app icons as needed.

Please offer an alternative method to achieve this.

Steps to Reproduce

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Link to public reproduction project repository

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Version with bug

8.0.20 SR4

Is this a regression from previous behavior?

Yes, this used to work in Xamarin.Forms

Last version that worked well

8.0.20 SR4

Affected platforms

Android

Affected platform versions

Android All Versions

Did you find any workaround?

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Relevant log output

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[mattleibow]

Are you able to elaborate on "Android does not support adding alternative icons"?

Did a version of Android lose the ability to have multiple icons? Are multiple icons not being generated?

Can you provide a sample where you expect the icons to work, but it does not?

[lakhan-bairawat]

please check the code for this issue on below git repo.
https://github.com/lakhan-bairawat/MauiBuugs

[lakhan-bairawat]

Are you able to elaborate on "Android does not support adding alternative icons"?

.net 7 i can change the app icon and name on runtime but not support in .net 8

Did a version of Android lose the ability to have multiple icons? Are multiple icons not being generated?

i have multiple icon and i want to set icon based on id

Can you provide a sample where you expect the icons to work, but it does not?

please check the code for this issue on below git repo.
https://github.com/lakhan-bairawat/MauiBuugs

[lakhan-bairawat]

please share the solution for this issue

[RoiChen001]

I can repro this issue at Android platform on the latest 17.11.0 Preview 2.1(8.0.60&8.0.40).