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02/19/14 02:27 PM (11 years ago)

question-icon size errors during validation process

Hey everyone, I'm trying to upload my first BT app to the App Store, and am getting errors about icons/sizes. Below is a link to the screen shot in dropbox, but essentially, I need to add icons of the proper size (there's also a warning about language which I don't understand- anyone clarify this also?). Hopefully a simple answer, but where do I put these icons in my project? BT Images only? Thanks for any help! https://www.dropbox.com/s/9kelnyzzhhzad5d/Screenshot%202014-02-19%2016.19.08.png Sarah
 
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02/19/14 02:55 PM (11 years ago)
All of your icon images will go in your BT_Images folder. If you have Adobe Photoshop, there is a nice free utility to generate all the required sizes of icons for your Apple projects, you can find it here: http://appicontemplate.com Also just an FYI, Apple requires now that all icons be squared not rounded so when using the above tool, make sure you output as squared icons.
 
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02/19/14 02:56 PM (11 years ago)
Awesome, thanks Rob!
 
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02/19/14 03:03 PM (11 years ago)
NP, for better organization you can have multiple directories inside your BT_Images folder and XCode will still find the images. It really helps me to keep every size of a single icon in its own folder and just name the folder to whatever button or menu the icon relates to. for example I might have a folder called map_icon and then have all the different sizes of my map icon inside that folder. The nice thing is you still just list the icon name in your project, not the entire path to it, so even though it may be seven directories deep in your BT_Images folder, XCode will find it (not the case with Android projects unfortunately)
 
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02/19/14 03:04 PM (11 years ago)
"user images" will go into BT_Images. Art for your plugins, etcetera… "system images" will go in BT_Art. System/App icons, load images, things of that nature… the "reality" is, after you're familiar, you can put almost anything anywhere, as long as it is 'properly' added to your project. However, we use BT Art/Images to keep things relatively 'consistant' between projects… You'll need to ensure that all required icons are included in your bundle, in 'some' directory, as long as it's added. Robs suggestion of 'appicontemplate' is right on the money. I love those guys' product. And free is a great price! :) Cheers! -- Smug
 
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02/20/14 07:41 AM (11 years ago)
Thanks so much for the advice, guys! I don't have Photoshop so I guess can't avail myself of the link above, but I used our icon guy to send me the resized icons, and I've used Swiftly to do some other photos for me (I'm not so "swift" with getting it right in Preview), so I should be good to go now. Cross fingers =)
 
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02/20/14 07:54 AM (11 years ago)
Ok, still giving me the same error. I added the properly sized icons to BT Images, cleaned, archived again, and tried validation. I then tried putting the icons in BT Art, same thing. When I look at the Info/Target properties, I don't see these size icons in the list of icon files. Any thoughts? Smug, how do I "ensure that all required icons are included in the bundle?"
 
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02/20/14 08:03 AM (11 years ago)
This could be silly, but does it matter that the old-sized icons are still in the folder too?
 
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02/20/14 10:46 AM (11 years ago)
@CampGirl can you copy/paste the exact error you are recieving
 
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02/20/14 01:43 PM (11 years ago)
It's a lot easier in Xcode 5 than it was in Xcode 4. Just go to your project properties, and select 'App Icon', you can see the icons you have, and those you do not have. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/115208762/Project-Properties.png https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/115208762/Project-Icons.png Hope this helps! Stop by with questions if you have them! Cheers! -- Smug
 
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02/25/14 04:54 PM (11 years ago)
Hey guys, I got it! Thanks so much for your help!! The drag and drop is so easy. =)
 

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