iOS8 icons sizes and names for icons and launch image

Question

I am not finding a straight forward site with the iOS8 sizes and names for the app icons and launch image.

I have seen the iOS Human Interface Guidelines but they don't really tell you how to name them.

Can someone list them out specifically?

Answer 1

Autogenerate all necessary icon and launch image files (iOS 7 and above) with the following scripts:

http://github.com/spren9er/s9icongen

http://github.com/spren9er/s9splashgen

When the script is executed all sizes and names will be displayed in the console, e.g. for launch images

   320x480(2x) ->   640x960: Default@2x~iphone.png
   320x568(2x) ->  640x1136: Default-568h@2x~iphone.png
   375x667(2x) ->  750x1334: Default-667h@2x~iphone.png
   414x736(3x) -> 1242x2208: Default-736h@3x~iphone.png
  768x1024(1x) ->  768x1024: Default-Portrait~ipad.png
  1024x768(1x) ->  1024x768: Default-Landscape~ipad.png
  768x1024(2x) -> 1536x2048: Default-Portrait@2x~ipad.png
  1024x768(2x) -> 2048x1536: Default-Landscape@2x~ipad.png

Answer 2

This here is handy if you would like to know what the different files are good for:

• Default.png (iPhone)
• [email protected] (iPhone Retina 3.5 inch)
• [email protected] (iPhone 6 Plus landscape)
• [email protected] (iPhone Retina 4 inch)
• [email protected] (iPhone 6 portrait)
• [email protected] (iPhone 6 Plus portrait)
• Default-Portrait.png (iPad in portrait orientation)
• [email protected] (iPad Retina in portrait orientation)
• [email protected] (iPhone 6 Plus portrait orientation)
• Default-Landscape.png (iPad in landscape orientation)
• [email protected] (iPad Retina in landscape orientation)

Also check stackoverflow's thread here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/27108377/4288147

Answer 3

As rmaddy mentioned since Xcode 5 you don't need to name your icons in any specific way. Use the App Icon Asset to add your icons.

Regarding the sizes for your icons, you'll also find them in your App Icon Asset Catalog, but for convenience here's a screenshot:

I also highly recommend using this icon template to create your icon because one: it provide an awesome psd file ready to edit and second: it provides actions to easily save every icon you need! Here it is: http://appicontemplate.com

Answer 4

You can use any name for icons as there is no requirement for any specific name. To get icons with proper sizes you can use following shell script to generate them without any additional tools:

FILE="largeicon.png"
# iTunes Artwork
sips --resampleWidth 1024 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
sips --resampleWidth 512 "${FILE}" --out "iTunesArtwork.png"
# iPhone iOS 7, 8
sips --resampleWidth 58 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
sips --resampleWidth 87 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
sips --resampleWidth 80 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
sips --resampleWidth 120 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
sips --resampleWidth 120 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
sips --resampleWidth 180 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
# iPad iOS 7, 8
sips --resampleWidth 29 "${FILE}" --out "icon-ipad-29.png"
sips --resampleWidth 58 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
sips --resampleWidth 40 "${FILE}" --out "icon-ipad-40.png"
sips --resampleWidth 80 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
sips --resampleWidth 76 "${FILE}" --out "icon-ipad-76.png"
sips --resampleWidth 152 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
# Apple Watch
sips --resampleWidth 48 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
sips --resampleWidth 55 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
sips --resampleWidth 58 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
sips --resampleWidth 87 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
sips --resampleWidth 80 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
sips --resampleWidth 88 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
sips --resampleWidth 172 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"
sips --resampleWidth 196 "${FILE}" --out "[email protected]"