APK icon thumbnails in Windows Explorer
SageThumbs 2K shows each Android package's own launcher icon as its thumbnail in File Explorer, so a folder of .apk, .apks, .xapk and .apkm files shows which app is which.
What you see
- The icon is the one the app's manifest names, looked up through the package's compiled resource table.
- Split-APK bundles (.apks, .xapk, .apkm) are covered as well as plain .apk files.
Limits
- In OneDrive and other synced folders, files stored on the PC get thumbnails as anywhere else. Online-only files are left to the cloud app, since nothing is downloaded just to draw a thumbnail.
More you can do
- NuGet (.nupkg) and Visual Studio or VS Code (.vsix) packages show the icon their manifest names, too.
Extensions this covers
.apk .apks .xapk .apkm
See every format SageThumbs 2K supports or browse all format guides.
Get SageThumbs 2K
Install it with winget:
winget install LunarWerxs.SageThumbs2KOr download the installer from GitHub and run it.
Windows 11 and 10, 64-bit, on x64 and Arm. The same page has a portable zip that needs no installing.
Free for personal use
Home, hobby and other non-commercial use is free: every format and every tool. A company, a shop or anyone doing paid work needs a business licence for each PC.
A business licence is US$49 per PC once, with 12 months of updates, or US$2.99 per PC a month. See business licence pricing
Thumbnails not showing?
- Windows caches thumbnails, and a file it failed on once stays failed. In SageThumbs, Settings ▸ Advanced ▸ Rebuild thumbnail cache clears the cache and restarts Explorer.
- Make sure File Explorer's "Always show icons, never thumbnails" option is off, and that the format is ticked in SageThumbs Settings ▸ File types.
- Run
st2k doctorin a terminal. It only reads, checks the whole chain, and prints a fix under anything that is wrong.