Add monochrome to v26 app icon, remove round icon (as per documentation: You may also define an icon drawable resource using the android:roundIcon attribute—but only if you require a different icon asset for circular masks, for example in a case where your branding relies on a circular shape.)

app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
         android:allowBackup="true"
         android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
         android:label="@string/app_name"
-        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
         android:supportsRtl="true"
         android:theme="@style/Theme.Nia.Splash">
         <profileable android:shell="true" tools:targetApi="q" />

app/src/main/res/mipmap-anydpi-v26/ic_launcher.xml

@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@
 <adaptive-icon xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
     <background android:drawable="@drawable/ic_launcher_background"/>
     <foreground android:drawable="@drawable/ic_launcher_foreground"/>
+    <monochrome android:drawable="@drawable/ic_launcher_foreground" />
 </adaptive-icon>

app/src/main/res/mipmap-anydpi-v26/ic_launcher_round.xml

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!--
-     Copyright 2022 The Android Open Source Project
-
-     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-     You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-     limitations under the License.
--->
-<adaptive-icon xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
-    <background android:drawable="@drawable/ic_launcher_background"/>
-    <foreground android:drawable="@drawable/ic_launcher_foreground"/>
-</adaptive-icon>

app/src/main/res/mipmap-anydpi-v33/ic_launcher.xml

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!--
-     Copyright 2022 The Android Open Source Project
-
-     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-     You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-     limitations under the License.
--->
-<adaptive-icon xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
-    <background android:drawable="@drawable/ic_launcher_background"/>
-    <foreground android:drawable="@drawable/ic_launcher_foreground"/>
-    <monochrome android:drawable="@drawable/ic_launcher_foreground" />
-</adaptive-icon>