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Along with iOS some changes have been made to icons sizes requirements. 

The new images requirements are the following:

Application Icon

  • iPhone (& iPod Touch) app icon: 120 x 120 (these are retina sizes because iOS 7 for iPhone & iPod Touch it is only available for Retina devices).
  • iPad app icon: 76 x 76 pixels & 152 x 152 (Retina).

There are also some recommendations from Apple:

Spotlight search result icon

  • iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad spotlight search result icon: 40 x 40 &  80 x 80 (Retina).
  • iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad settings icon: 29 x 29 &  58 x 58 (Retina).

Splash images / Launch Images

Since iOS 7  launch images can be conditioned by the OS version the device is running. 

More information: https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/TransitionGuide/Scoping.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40013174-CH7-SW1

Icons and Images required to build apps with GeneXus

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Using the OS Version property of the Smart Devices platforms it is possible to have different themes for iOS 7 and prior versions of iOS.
So the images set on the following properties will have to be configured to vary by theme:

varybytheme

Application Icons

iPhone iOS 7 Retina Application Icon (120 x 120 Icon-120.png) - Required
iPad iOS 7 Application Icon (76 x 76 Icon-76.png) - Required
iPad iOS 7 Retina Application Icon (152 x 152 Icon-152.png) - Required
iTunes Application Icon (512 x 512 iTunesArtwork (png ,without extension))
iTunes Retina Application Icon (1024 x 1024 iTunesArtwork@2x (png ,without extension))
Search Results Application Icon (40 x 40 Icon-40.png) - Optional
Search Results Retina Application Icon (80 x 80 Icon-80.png) - Optional
Settings Application Icon (29 x 29 Icon-Small.png) - Optional
Settings Retina Application Icon (58 x 58 Icon-Small@2x.png) - Optional


Application Launch Images 

iPhone iOS 7 Retina Launch Image (640 x 960 Default_iOS7@2x.png) - Optional
iPhone 5 iOS 7 Retina Launch Image (640 x 1136 Default_iOS7-568h@2x.png) - Optional
iPad iOS 7 Landscape Launch Image (1024 x 768 Default_iOS7-Landscape.png) - Optional
iPad iOS 7 Retina Landscape Launch Image (2048 x 1536 Default_iOS7-Landscape@2x.png) - Optional
iPad iOS 7 Portrait Launch Image (768 x 1024 Default_iOS7-Portrait.png) - Opcional
iPad iOS 7 Retina Portrait Launch Image (1536 x 2048 Default_iOS7-Portrait@2x.png) - Optional
iTunes Application Icon (512 x 512 iTunesArtwork (png ,without extension))
iTunes Retina Application Icon (1024 x 1024 iTunesArtwork@2x (png without extension))

Search and Settings Images

Search Results Application Icon (40 x 40 Icon-40.png) - Optional
Search Results Retina Application Icon (80 x 80 Icon-80.png) - Optional
Settings Application Icon (29 x 29 Icon-Small.png) - Optional
Settings Retina Application Icon (58 x 58 Icon-Small@2x.png) - Optional

 

 

 

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