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VisioN
VisioN

Reputation: 145408

How to animate application icon in iOS?

I have recently identified that in iOS 7 the clock icon is animating showing the real time.

New clock icon

Does anyone have a clue how to make your application icon animating? Or is that a feature of one single application?

Upvotes: 28

Views: 24320

Answers (5)

Alexey Volkov
Alexey Volkov

Reputation: 1082

There is a way to do so. It's called "alternate icons".

API doc: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiapplication/2806815-supportsalternateicons

Example: https://medium.com/ios-os-x-development/dynamically-change-the-app-icon-7d4bece820d2

Upvotes: 0

Akbar Khan
Akbar Khan

Reputation: 2417

This case is still in remain for Apple. Animated app icon for iOS is still unavailable/undocumented for us (developers).

Upvotes: 0

gleb.kudr
gleb.kudr

Reputation: 1508

There is no open API to do such a thing. Even if it exists, it's undocumented, and Apple would reject your app on review.

Upvotes: 0

Vineet Singh
Vineet Singh

Reputation: 4019

iOS doesn't allow you to use animated app icon. You need to have a look at https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/mobilehig/AppIcons.html

Upvotes: 2

rckoenes
rckoenes

Reputation: 69469

The iOS SDK does not allow you to change/animate your apps icon. Apple's own apps are ofcourse an exception.

Upvotes: 22

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