Apple application loader requirements
Recommended if you have a Settings bundle, otherwise optional but recommended Spotlight on iPhone/iPod Touch (iOS 6.1 and earlier), and Settings on all devices Optional but screen on iPad with retina display (iOS 6.1 and earlier) Home screen on iPad (iOS 6.1 and earlier) Home screen on iPhone/iPod touch (iOS 6.1 and screen on iPhone/iPod Touch with retina display (iOS 6.1 and earlier) Table 2 iPhone-only application icon requirements (iOS 6.1 and earlier). Items marked with " Required" must be included if the application's deployment target is iOS 6.1 or earlier. In addition to the above icons, iPhone-only applications with a deployment target of iOS 6.1 or earlier use the following icons. Recommended if you have a Settings bundle, optional on devices with retina HD display Recommended if you have a Settings bundle, optional on devices with retina display Recommended if you have a Settings bundle, optional otherwise Optional but on devices with retina HD display Optional but on devices with retina display Optional but screen on iPad with retina display Optional but screen on iPhone/iPod Touch with retina screen on iPhone with retina HD display Optional but list in iTunes on devices with retina display Table 1 iPhone-only application icon requirements. Except for iTunesArtwork, icon images included in your app can have arbitrary names. These legacy names are still listed in the tables below along with example names for the more recent icons. Prior to iOS 3.2, icon images for iPhone applications were required to follow a strict naming convention.
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It is strongly recommended that your application include artwork for all the icons listed, at the specific sizes needed. If you don't provide artwork for one of the listed optional icons, the system will automatically scale one of your existing icon images to an appropriate size. If you are building an iMessage Application or Sticker Pack Application, you must include icons for both the containing application and the iMessage extension.
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What icons need to be included in an iOS Application, Apple Watch Application, iMessage Application, or Sticker Pack Application?Ī: Below are guidelines for handling icon files for iPhone-only apps, iPad-only apps, universal apps, Apple Watch apps, and iMessage extensions. Technical Q&A QA1686 App Icons on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch Q: