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Fattie
Fattie

Reputation: 12621

Is the 180x180 icon literally required?

Regarding the app icon,

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/MobileHIG/IconMatrix.html

Note that it asserts a 180x180 icon is now "required".

Interestingly, if you don't bother putting in a 180x180 icon, in fact it still builds and runs fine to the simulator or to devices.

of course, obviously all sensible studios will include 180.180 icons for their clients.

I'm curious, in fact will Apple reject it if there's no 180x180 icon?

Will it be rejected automatically at the validation step?

Has anyone actually tried and found this out?

Obviously it's generally easy for clients or your art department to create a 170x170 icon -

I'm curious how literally it is "required". For example, with 100,000s apps, will some studios / small operators not bother?

For example, will we see scaled-up icons?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 504

Answers (1)

Stephen Darlington
Stephen Darlington

Reputation: 52565

If you support the iPhone 6+ (i.e., you have a launch XIB/Storyboard), my guess is that they'll reject it.

Honestly, this just seems like one of those things that are not worth fighting. Why would you want to degrade the experience of the most enthusiastic users with the most expensive device?

Upvotes: 2

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