Application Icons
While running Quiz, select Hardware → Home from the simulator’s menu. You will see that Quiz’s icon is a boring, default tile. Let’s give Quiz a better icon.
An application icon is a simple image that represents the application on the iOS Home screen. Different devices require different-sized icons, some of which are shown in Table 1.1.
Table 1.1 Application icon sizes by device
Device | Application icon sizes |
---|---|
5.5-inch iPhone |
180x180 pixels (@3x) |
4.7-inch and 4.0-inch iPhone |
120x120 pixels (@2x) |
7.9-inch and 9.7-inch iPad |
152x152 pixels (@2x) |
12.9-inch iPad |
167x167 pixels (@2x) |
We have prepared an icon image file (size 120x120) for the Quiz application. You can download this ...
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