title: Where application icons are stored in an Android device?
body: <p>Just out of curiosity, I wanted to know where on the file system of an Android device the application icons are stored.</p>
  
  <p>Like I have shortcuts to various applications on the homescreen of my device, where those icons files (or images) are stored. Is it only inside the application package (.apk) or Android stores it some where else?</p>
  
  <p>If it is in application package only does Android loads all the imagess from each of the apk and loads it when it is started for the first time?</p>