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Dave
Dave

Reputation: 12216

How to Use Apple Provided Icons

How do I find and use Apple provided icons? I'm specifically trying to use Apple's share icon. I know I can download an image like it and use that, but I figure there's a provided icon kit for typical Apple functions?

I found this on Apple's developer site:

iOS provides a lot of small icons—representing common tasks and types of content—for use in tab bars, toolbars, navigation bars, and Home screen quick actions. It’s a good idea to use the built-in icons as much as possible because users already know what they mean.

I don't have a nav-tab bar of any sort. Does this have something to do with it?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2438

Answers (2)

atlex2
atlex2

Reputation: 2624

If you just want the icon files:

Open the url https://developer.apple.com/ios/human-interface-guidelines/icons-and-images/system-icons/ in your browser (I'm using Chrome), on a Mac with retina display.

Right click on each icon and press Save Image As. You can use this image as the @2x icon.

If you load the page on a non-retina display, the icons will be 1x resolution.

Upvotes: 0

Stefan
Stefan

Reputation: 5461

This question has been asked multiple times at StockOverflow. Unfortunately it's not possible to use them out side of bars

iOS defines lots of standard small icons, such as Refresh, Action, Add, and Favorites. As much as possible, you should use these buttons and icons to represent standard tasks in your app. (To learn more about the standard buttons and icons you can use in bars, see Toolbar and Navigation Bar Buttons and Tab Bar Icons.)

Upvotes: 1

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