I recently started using Xcode 4.2 and the iOS 5 simulator. When I update an older version of my app pre-installed in the simulator, it updates the app just fine but the app icon is not updated. Even with cleaning and building the app ahead of time (sometimes a couple of times) this seems to be the case. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
EDIT: Still the same problem, but when I quit the simulator and start it again (NOT deleting the app), the icon is updated. That's a little encouraging at least. Has anyone else experienced this?
I've had this problem for a while and cleaning the project didn't work either. I finally found a trick to do this. It works at least in iOS 6, I'm not sure in previous versions. The trick is to simply move the app to a folder. The moment you move it there it should display the new icon, and then you can move it out again.
Despite others' answers, it would appear that your problem is a bug.
It would probably be wise to report this. Otherwise, try making a new project and trying again.
Hope all goes as planned.
Theres a new category in the plist file called Icons Files (iOS 5.0). Try adding those file names to your target info like so:
In this tab:
The names and size much also be exact. See this Apple Technical Q&A #1686:
57x57 - Icon.png
114x114 - Icon#2x.png
72x72 - Icon-72.png
50x50 - Icon-Small-50.png
29x29 - Icon-Small.png
58x58 - Icon-Small#2x.png
I ran into a similar problem after renaming the app and adding the Icon files category as described in one of the other answers. No icon would show up in either simulator or device. Tried a clean build as well as restarting simulator and Xcode, no success
The solution for me was to drag the icons from my Resources to the two empty wells under App Icons located under Targets -> Summary. After that my icons showed up in both simulator and device. I´m running Xcode 4.3.1
this works for me.
In iOS Simulator :
iOS Simulator -> Reset Content and Settings
Be aware that it removes all things from the simulator to the trash... but it does work.
Make sure of icons sizes are right at the Image Asset folder
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I have an iPhone only app but it works in compatibility mode in the iPad too(no surprises).
but after I updated the app for the ios11, app icon on the iPad is missing.
here is what I've tried;
- launch on the iPhone simulator, icon appears
- launch on the iPad simulator, icon is missing
change the device options from "iphone" to "universal", run the iPad simulator, icon appears but app needs a new iPad ui.
change back to "iPhone" and the app icon is missing again in iPad. really confusing.
I tried to create a new project and make the same changes but never able to make the icon missing again.
I'm using cocoa pods if that makes any sense.
I think I'm missing a settings or something else, I'm really trying to find it, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I've found the problem.
In info.plist, there was an extra or problematic entry.
- CFBundleIcons~ipad
Remove this line and iPad icons appear normally.
This problem has been reported by many users over the past 6 months (including desperate pleas to Apple to fix this bug), yet no one's reported the following solution.
I'm using Xcode 9.2, and I noticed today that my iPad/iPhone's application will run fine on my iPad (iOS v11.2.1) but the icon is missing.
This is a legacy app, about 2-3 years old, and the cause seems to be my Appicon file. When I view this file, I see this:
Previously, this resource was sufficient to provide the app icon for both the iPad and iPhone, but apparently, not anymore.
I went into my Images.xcassets file, right-clicked, and selected "App Icons & Launch Images\New IOS App Icon" and now have a look at the extra icon possibilities:
Notice the extra icons for iPads.
Sure enough, I created yet more .png files, with resolutions matching the desired iPad resolutions settings, and now, when I build my app and run it on the iPad, it does show the correct icon.
Oh, and I also needed to go into my project's build settings, select the "General" tab, and change the "App Icons Source" to the name of my new image set, "AppIconNew".
Et voila. No messing around with Cocoapods, no need to change the .plist file (mine didn't have that "CFBundleIcons~ipad" entry anyway), I just needed to create a new image set.
Okay, time to go back to my modern, cosy world of using Visual Studio again now.
(Happy sigh..)
I've had a few legacy apps that did have the CFBundleIcons~ipad in the Info.plist, so I check that first. However, I've also had instances where it was just missing the asset as #Mike Gledhill mentioned. If this is the case, you don't have to go through adding a new AppIcon set. Just check the iPad box in the Attributes Inspector for the current AppIcon assets and the iPad sizes will show in the current set. Then just add the correct assets for each size requirement.
I didn't have CFBundleIcons~ipad entry in my Info.plist file as per "karpat"s answer. So I moved to "Mike Gledhill"s answer, then after observing my all the icons from Image assests, I found that for particular icon which was invisible only on iPad, the device type set was iPhone.
I just changed device type by right cling on image set to Universal :
This did work for me.
I have a 120x120 icon image that's working fine on emulators - however when I try it on my device, the icon doesn't show up. Any thoughts?
I figured it out. This was actually really annoying. So the UI designer had simply renamed his .psd files with .png and xcode thought this was fine. However, renaming the .pngs isn't going to automatically make them real .pngs. The way I solved this was going to mac preview and exporting the files to the PNG format.
Sometimes some of the images get cached by the OS.
Delete your app completely from your mobile device (press and hold, then delete the app)
Turn off your device and turn it on again.(This ensures that the cache gets cleared)
In xCode, clean the project and rebuild.
Load the software again you your device.
You should be able to see your icon as long as its properly added to your project.
Drag your app over another app to group both into a folder. Then drag the app out of the folder.
Check your info.plist file. Make sure the icon entry looks something like this (use your own image file names of course):
If you see another "Icon already includes gloss effects" row outside, remove it.
It is not uncommon not to see your app icon on the device. However, when your app is being uploaded to the App Store, everything will be fine.
Is your iOS device running iOS7? If not, you will need to include 57x57 and 114x114 icons as well. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/18737063/1646862 for icon sizes apple requires. It is always good to include all icon sizes you may need in your iOS bundle.
When running Xcode shows older version of the project both on iOS simulator and iOS Device! It never shows the new background picture I have added although it's there in the storyboard and saved!
I tried cleaning the project even with the option key pressed but still!
I have localizations and it was working well!
What could it be? Where is the problem?
I tried searching but I ran out of terms and still no effective results.
Sometimes apps get "stuck" in the simulator. Try deleting it (long press, then click the "x") and then check ~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/[ios version]/Applications to see if it still exists. If it does, just delete it.
You can also try iOS Simulator > Reset Content and Settings....
I had a similar issue where an old storyboard were used on device instead of the most updated one I was working on.
The problem was due to the localization, I had my storyboard localized in 2 different languages and the device were using the storyboard localized in an other language than the default one which was somehow outdated.
Hope it helps.
Yesterday was my first time with the SDK :-) I opened in the Xcode a previously purchased code and overwrote several image files. Here is the thing: not all new images appear in the app on the simulator, this is so annoying :/ I already tried to put in place advices I had found earlier (iphone simulator - Attempting to delete an image from Xcode 4 - Stack Overflow, Image not showing in iPhone Simulator - Stack Overflow) but to no avail. I even completely erased the Xcode and installed it again, still I can see the old images which had been erased from the disk.
Thanks for your help.
Have you done a Clean (Shift-Cmd-K) and deleted your build results from your disk? This shouldn't be necessary but it's happened to be before that I've had to do that.
Check your target (if you're running Xcode 4, it's on the top-left conner, next to "start/stop" button), and then check the image you just replaced is used for this target (again if you're on Xcode 4, select that image, open right view - on the top-right conner, there're three views).
Your problem could be the target you're building is using some other resources, not the one you just edited. To find out, click on your project on the left, choose the target you're building, go to "Build Phases", all resources you'll be using for this target in under "Copy Bundle Resources".
I have a quite simple question concerning the difference in screen size between the iPhone 3/3GS and the iPhone 4. I've googled around, but was unable to come up with a good explanation.
Here's the thing: tabbar icons. All my icons are 30x30 and 60x60. I named the high resolution ones like [icon]#2x.png. When I load my app on my own iPhone 3GS, all goes fine. But when I load the app in Simulator, simulating a 4 with retina-display, the icon looks pixelated and is clearly the wrong resolution.
What am I doing wrong? These were the exact steps I followed, but I'm probably missing something. Is there something like an option I need to set in the plist?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Kind regards,
Reinder
You need to name the icons as you have and edit your plist file
The following link should help
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#qa/qa2010/qa1686.html
Make sure you clean and build and remove the existing application from your phone and the simulator to see the results
The complete set of icon sizes distilled is
Icon.png – Home screen icon for iPhone 3 (57×57)
Icon#2x.png – Home screen icon for iPhone 4 (114×114)
Icon-72.png – Home screen icon for iPad (72×72)
Icon-Small.png - Settings/Spotlight icon for iPhone 3 (29×29)
Icon-Small#2x.png – Settings/Spotlight icon for iPhone 4 (58×58)
Icon-Small-50.png – Spotlight icon for iPad (50×50)
iTunesArtwork – Icon for iTunes AdHoc distribution (512×512)
It seems that you're doing it the right way. Did you try to remove the app from the simulator? Clean up the project? Re-import the icon image files?
Try (with the simulator stopped) cleaning all targets and re-building. Sometimes xcode gets dumb about what files it's got and needs to be told to clear its cached build and start fresh. It's in the "build" menu, or ctrl-shift-K.