I understand many different sized icons for my app are required for App Store Submission according to Apple's Documentation. However, I am unsure on how to include them? Do I just add them as Icon.png to the Binary?
This is much easier to handle in xcode4 if you have it, just click on your project (should be at the top of the project navigator window) then go to the summary tab, and you can select the icons from there. Then when you build your app, they will be included in the binary
You include them in your project and reference them from your info.plist file under the icon files section.
Here is an updated list of the filenames and sizes you can add: http://www.weston-fl.com/blog/?p=840/
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i am trying to update my application using application loader. when i submit the archive file, i got this error
"icon specified in the info.plist not found under the top level app wrapper.icon57.png"!
i have deleted the icons from my project and tried again, but the error exist. is their any way to remove this error?
my info.plist displays these icons
This could help you, i think your filenames are wrong:
I usually put this image in my dashboard so you can fast access to the filenames.
+1 to Mat's answer, also please check out this thread that you may need, I had these errors even with the correct name, so this could be interesting:
Xcode Project Icon files and Organiser Archives artwork
Your app icon must be named as Icon.png which is of size 57*57.You have to rename the image and change that name in the info plist.App icon for retina display should be of size 114*114.And it should be named as Icon#2x.png.Rename ur this image and correct it in the info plist too.And ur splash screen should be named as Default.png
This is sometimes due to the compression that apple does during compiling. You should make sure the file type is correctly set to "Icon". Click on the icon in the project navigator and under "Identity and Type" you can set the File Type to "Icon"
My problem was I ended up with some empty keys in my plist file. I deleted all Icon plist entries, saved the plist, and then added the icons a second time through the Target Summary page.
I tried all of the steps detailed here, many of which have solved this problem previously.
The only way I could get this to work recently was to open the archive file (right click in the Organizer->Archives) and open the actual bundle that's going to be uploaded (show package contents for the archive and then the .app file inside the archive) and copy the icon files directly into there. Resubmitted the previously failed archive then solves the issue.
I'm having trouble adding multiple icon files to my application's info.plist file. I've read the docs on Apple's site, and I've read many of the articles here on StackOverflow, but something isn't quite right.
When I open my info.plist file and click the "+" button next to the entry for "Icon File", I make an attempt to add an entry for "Icon files" (notice the added "s"). This entry does not come up in the dropdown list, however. And when I switch the view to "Show Raw Keys/Values", only the CFBundleIconFile shows up. The necessary CFBundleIconFiles (again, notice the "s") does not show up in my dropdown list.
Is there a setting in XCode I need to set to get these new values to show up? I'm running 3.2.6 with SDK 4.3.
Thanks!
If I follow correctly, you're having issues with enabling multiple icon files and their respective resolutions? Apart from setting the main one inside your .plist (as you're using XC3, whereas XC4's interface allows for retina and non-retina selections built in) the others simply need to be in the same place as your main Icon.png file.
This might further help you:
iPhone icon size
I've set all the icons to use in MonoDevelop (including the correct resolutions). The icon for my app shows up in the simulator correctly as it does show up correctly on my iPhone device.
However after I build the app for distribution I've noticed when I browse the .app package has blank png files titled 'icon', so there's a blacnk Icon-small.png, Icon-Small#2x.png, Icon#2x.png and Icon.png.
I'm guessing these icons sould actually be the icon images?
Since it works on the device, I believe the contents of the app package are encrypted so that if you view it on your mac you won't see anything. The encryption would have to be stripped for you to see the contents.
Edit: I don't know if this actually true though - I looked at an ad-hoc build I have here and I see the same blank icons, however I do see dimension information (60x60) when I get-info in Finder. Presumably if it couldn't read the file at all, it wouldn't be able to see the dimension information? Also I can read the plists in the app just fine.
The answer is in another SO post: "Show Package Contents" of iPhone build release reveals blank PNGs?
Some recent version of iOS caused my app icon to turn white. I've gone through everything in regards to images and can't find the issue. I'm running Xcode 3.2.5 with sdk 4.2. I do have an entry for "Icon files" in Info.plist with 5 keys:
Item 0 myapp.png
Item 1 myapp#2x.png
Item 2 myapp-72.png
Item 3 myapp-Small-50.png
Item 4 myapp-Small.png
Item 5 myapp-Small#2x.png
All the above have proper dimensions.
I see the image in 'Copy Bundle Resources' and also in the .app file for the simulator version. It is properly reference by name in 'Icon files', Item 0. It is not named Default.png since it is referenced by name in Item 0.
Any suggestions?
You just need those 3 Files:
Icon.png
Icon#2x.png
Icon-iPad.png
Put the names into the Info.plist under Icon Files.
EDIT: Clean your target if it still won't work!
That is what helped me (project summary - app icons are ok, iOS simulator - app icons are ok, iPhone device - blank icon).
Just reconnect your icons to project by dragging them from project navigator to App icon section in project summary.
When does it turn white? If you upgrade an app when it's running, sometimes it appears with a white icon in the "task" bar. This applies to apps you're developing and those download from iTunes. The fix is usually just to kill the app and restart.
That's the simplest answer, but I suspect might not be the solution.
Does the case of the file names in your Info.plist match the actual file names? The Simulator is not case sensitive but the iOS is.
You might also like to make a completely clean build. Don't just do a "Clean" in Xcode, instead manually clear out your build folder.
Finally, when the iPhone 4 first came out I had some issues with the order of the icons referenced in the Info.plist. I never saw white icons (usually just the non-Retina version) but this may be something worth playing with if nothing else works.
The icon file name may be too long if it is a custom file name. This is just a guess, and I hate guessing, but this appears to have been the problem I just had.
I have four targets using the same code but with different icons. I named the icons differently based on the app name, so I could store them in the same directory.
For example:
Icon.png
Icon_second.png
Icon_alternate.png
Icon_second_alternate.png (or Icon_secondalternate.png in case underscores were an issue)
This nomenclature was used for all of the icon names (there's 8 icon files to support iPhone, iPad, retina, etc).
The last one was giving me a problem. Despite a hundred clean/rebuilds, deleting the schema entirely and creating a new one, fruitless efforts, it suddenly occurred to me to try renaming it.
You should be able to name the icons differently, as I still use the first three versions. They are listed in the plist file and render in the project summary, and on the simulator, just fine. The last one rendered in the summary as well. However, I think the length of the file name was too long for the simulator. There must be a length limit. I renamed the fourth one to use the standard Icon.png naming but added it to the fourth target only (images are stored in a separate folder).
CONCLUSION: If you have more than one target for your app, use the standard naming system for all of your icons but add them to separate folders, and then when adding to Xcode just set the build target appropriately.
If you still have the default icon entry (even blank), this can happen, remove that entry in info.plist.
Also, Default.png would be your splash screen.
Load the icons into the Preview application, and make sure they are really png format (and not just named such) by doing a "Save As..." specifying PNG format in the save dialog. Do a Get Info to check the sizes. Make sure the case of all letters in the name match your plist entries.
I had the same problem recently - the Icons I was using were created in GIMP. When I opened them in Photoshop on the development Mac it complained about an ICC color profile. After re-saving the PNGs in Photoshop the Icons worked like a treat.
P.s. I just repeated my steps in creating the images in GIMP, but when saving unticked every extra option that GIMP - by default - was trying to add into the image when saving it. The icons worked perfectly this time around.
If you believe your icon configuration is correct, then you may simply be seeing a bug in Xcode.
As a workaround…
"Clean" your project. Choose Xcode > Product > Clean.
Delete the app from your simulator, or even reset the Simulator by choosing iOS Simulator > Reset Content and Settings.
Quit both the iOS Simulator and XCode apps, then restart them.
When you are using Xcode to make an iPhone app, how do you change the app's icon? Right now my icon for my app is just plain white.
Create a 57x57 PNG file and import it into your project bundle. Then open the .plist file that is included in your project and edit the value for the key "Icon File" to match the name of the icon you provided (CFBundleIconFile is the actual key, but the Xcode editor will display the nicer name for you).
In Xcode 4, you can go to your app's Summary page and there is a section called App Icons. Then just drag and drop an image into one of the "drop zones". It just works! :D
If you don't specify the icon in the Info.plist file, then Xcode assumes that a file named "icon.png" in your resources folder is the icon for the application.
In Xcode4 go to your applications summary section by selecting target project there you see section with name app icons.select your icon image of size 57x57.just do it it will work
In Xcode 5 you can do it very simply:
1) go to images.xcassets
2) click on AppIcon
3) select Show Overview instead of Slicing
4) drag and drop the appropriate icon sizes onto the icon slots
5) rebuild - and you are good to go.