I've implemented a Game on iOS that integrates with Game Center. I have a button that opens the in-app Game Center VC (GKGameCenterViewController). In that VC, there seems to be some empty space before the app name. I believe an app icon is supposed to be displayed there, but it's not working.
I have filled-out all the app icon asset sizes, and have uploaded the app to App Store Connect.
The icon shows in App Store Connect.
I was wondering if the app needs to be fully released on the App Store for the icon to magically appear?
Other games on my phone show the icon there, I wonder why mine doesn't?
I figured it out. It seems to be tied to setting a leaderboard on App Store Connect. Once I did that, a few seconds later, opening GKGameCenterViewController, on my phone, showed the icon as desired.
To add the leaderboard go to your App's App Store Connect page:
Scroll down to Game Center, and under leaderboards, click the Select Leaderboards button.
Select Leaderboards on App Store Connect
Select the checkbox next to your leaderboard, and click the Done button.
Add Leaderboards on App Store Connect
After a few seconds, you can open up GKGameCenterViewController on your phone, and the icon should start to load in.
My IOS app has all the app icon files properly set in Assets.xcassets in Xcode. The icon is also displayed correctly in the device during test.
I see a different icon (Ionic icon) in the Appstoreconnect beside the app name. I am not sure if that is ok or I am missing some steps to change this.
#tapas-mukherjee You don't need to do anything. once you will select the build to review then it will automatically pick the same icon and start showing there. I faced the same issue but found this when was submitting the app.
Our iOS App gives the users “Tenants” the option to change the app icon right from within the app, by entering their ID. Since with iOS 10.3 Apple finally gave developers the ability to change their app’s icon programmatically by using “setAlternateIconName”, there is a strange behavior in which wrong app icon is appeared in multitasking app switcher after dynamically change the app icon using "setAlternateIconName"; this only happens with iOS 13 and the correct app icon shows again after restart the device.
Steps:
install our app and enter the tenantID in the which decide the tenant icon and change the icon using the "setAlternateIconName" from default icon to Icon A
The app icon itself is changed and the app icon in the multitasking app switcher is changed.
Delete the app.
Reinstall the app again and enter another tenantID to change to different icon from default icon to Icon B
The app icon itself is changed to Icon B but in the multitasking app switcher is still shows the Icon A. ?!
default app icon
change the app icon to icon A
change the app icon to icon B
Try this!
Uninstall App → Restart Device → Install App
It worked for me!
I was wondering, how can i have a specific app icon on the AppStore and have a different App Icon once the app has been downloaded?
For example, if you look for "Spy Calc" in the AppStore it has the icon of a calculator and a spy, although, once you download it, you only see the icon with a calculator.
How are they doing this?
The app icon (that appear in your iphone installation) is stored inside your assets catalog and the icon in the App Store is saved in itunesConnect. Maybe you forgot update in itunesconnect your app icon (i made this mistake once)
I need to change the large app icon (512x512) for app store. I can't find how to to this through iTunes Connect. I's possible change the app screenshots though. I read the iTunes manual (page 97) and it says that it can be done but I only have the "choose file" button for screenshots, not for the large icon.
I am also confused because the same manual says on on page 99 that edit-ablity of the large icon is locked.
What am I missing?
Yes, editing of large icons that are already in use by iTunes Connect is locked, but however, You can still register a new update to Your app, in which You can upload Your new 1024*1024 icon
:)
Hi,
I think, no need to upload a new build.
Sorry, it's in French, but I think you get it. You need to scroll a little bit but there you can upload an image file. Best is PNG and size 1024x1024.
Change iTunes / App Store Icon.
Now
With new UI & Functional changes in https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/. Now your app icon will get change only with Assets.xcassets -> AppIcon -> ItunesArtwork#2x.png of 1024 X 1024.
Earlier
In earlier https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/ UI & Functional there were separate features to change the App icon for iTunes.
I found out that you can change the large app icon if your app is not on sale yet - but the place to change it is well hidden.
1.click on the app in itunes connect
2.click on "view details"
3.click on "edit" button next to Version Information at the top of the page
4.scroll all the way down
5.change icon
I was confused, because I used to know the "upload icon" field from my iOS app, but did not see the field when I wanted to submit my Mac OS X desktop app.
The answer above indicates that you can upload an icon only for updates, which is true for iOS apps, but for Mac OS X apps, you can never upload a separate icon file, instead the 512 icon is uploaded together with your binary bundle:
"Note: You will not be asked to provide a large icon when adding your
Mac OS X app because it will be uploaded later as part of the binary."
from p56 of https://itunesconnect.apple.com/docs/iTunesConnect_DeveloperGuide.pdf
To change the icon from one app-version to the next, after adding the new version to prepare for submission:
Delete the previous icon by clicking the red (-) on the icon
Save changes
Refresh page, and you can choose file to add
Just remove the build from build section, app icons automatically unlocked then you can update Appstore icon.
Don't know why but after we delete the icon the link "Choose file" appears to be hidden, but if we save and then reload the page it shows up.
Hope it helps
I had to select a build in the "App Store" tab in App Store Connect before my app icon appeared in App Store Connect. Until I did that there was no icon displayed in TestFlight. You don't need to submit the build, just select one and that App Store Connect should pull the icon out of the build. It only took a few seconds for me.
Swift 5 Upload app with new App icon it will automatically update Appicon on App Store.
Also an issue I had was that the app was rejected and we wanted to update the icon before pushing a new version. In order to change the icon I had to remove the current build and then we could update the App Store Icon.