I know it's good practice to design different menu icons for different screen densities. I read that the preferred size for the different densities are: 36 X 36 px for low 48 x 48 px for medium 72 X 72 px for high I want to avoid doing unnecessary work. Is it a good idea to design just 1 icon at 72 X 72 px, and just use that, and have Android do the resizing automatically? I don't see how that's any different than me resizing it and creating 3 separate images?

Android: Designing Different Icons for Screen Densities

I know it's good practice to design different menu icons for different screen densities. I read that the preferred size for the different densities are:

36 X 36 px for low
48 x 48 px for medium
72 X 72 px for high

I want to avoid doing unnecessary work. Is it a good idea to design just 1 icon at 72 X 72 px, and just use that, and have Android do the resizing automatically? I don't see how that's any different than me resizing it and creating 3 separate images?

Android: Designing Different Icons for Screen Densities

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