Missing recommended icon file - The bundle does not contain an app icon for iPhone iPod Touch of exactly 120x120 pixels in png format

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I submitted an app update  but I have received an email telling me this error has occurred      Missing recommended icon file - The bundle does not contain an app icon for iPhone   iPod Touch of exactly  120x120  pixels  in  png format   How can I fix this problem   Here are the current icon requirements from Apple   I could not see 120x120 appearing anywhere  Is this iOS 7 specific  Should I include an icon named Icon-120 png or something   Update  I added three icons to the resource folder  Icon-120 png   120x120  Icon-76 png  76x76  amp  Icon-152 png  152x152   but it did not add them to the info plist  The same warning email was received  I decided to not change anything and wait to see what would happen next   To my utter amazement  the app went into the review stage 20 hours later and was released on the market the very next day  Kind of makes me wonder how many Apple Windows app review people lurk around here

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Adding another  Same symptoms  but different solution  response  just in case somebody is having the same problem  but none of the common solutions are working   In my case  I had an app that started development prior to the instruction of asset catalogs and the flexibility in icon naming conventions  but was first submitted to the store after the transition   To resolve the issue I had to    Delete all the  icon related  lines from the Info plist Switch back to  Don t use asset catalogs  for both AppIcons and LaunchImages Switch back to asset catalogs for AppIcons and LaunchImages Re-drag amp drop the image files into the appropriate locations

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Just had same problem  Using Xcode 8 3 3 and wanted to use AppIcon in Assests catalogue  Tried all sorts of Stack Overflow answers without success   Finally learned about a deep clean step from Ken Apple Forum    removed all icon files  whether from resources  delete - trash  or appicon file  select - remove selected items   removed even assets folder  deep cleaned  Use the Product menu w option key pressed  then choose to  clean build folder    added a new asset catalogue and called it  Assets  right clicked in Assets folder and added new app icon set - changed that one in inspector to be for iOS   7 triple checked all my icon files OUTSIDE of Xcode  all were already png files of right resolution  but some had still colour profile attached from photoshop elements or did have indexed colour instead of RGB profile  so I made sure I only save a png file without colour profile and from a background layer  - not sure that was necessary archived the build from Product menu validated and uploaded the build from Window - Organizer

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This should be called a warning  not an error  At least the email says that the icon file is  recommended  and not  required   You can safely ignore this warning if you target iOS 6  Of course  for iOS 7 you would need the new dimensions and also look out for the new rounding of the icon s corners

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For any Xamarin iOS or Xamarin Forms developers  additionally you will want to check the  csproj file  for the iOS project  and ensure that it contains references to the PNG s and not just the Asset Catalog i e    lt ItemGroup gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Contents json    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon-40 png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon-40 402x png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon-40 403x png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon-60 402x png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon-60 403x png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon-72 png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon-72 402x png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon-76 png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon-76 402x png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon-83 5 402x png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon-Small-50 png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon-Small-50 402x png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon-Small png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon-Small 402x png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon-Small 403x png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset Icon 402x png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset NotificationIcon 402x png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset NotificationIcon 403x png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset NotificationIcon ipad png    gt   lt ImageAsset Include  Resources Images xcassets AppIcon appiconset NotificationIcon ipad 402x png    gt   lt  ItemGroup gt

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If you get an icon error when submitting an application from Xcode9  or if you cannot see app icon on your simulator as well as a device  just update your cocoapods to the latest version in your project  That issue is a bug in Xcode9 with cocoapods     There s a new guideline for iPhoneX that can be seen here     Here s a helpful website that creates an icon for iOS  Mac App and Android app   You just need to drag and drop your 1024 x 1024 icon and the site will create all the icon sizes and send it to your email  Then follow the following method to set icons for iOS app   After Apple launched iOS 8  iPhone 6 and 6 Plus  the app icon sizes and launch image sizes changed  Please visit my post for new sizes   Image resolution for new iPhone 6 and 6    3x support added     Yes  you need to add a 120x120 high resolution icon  Now  if you want to target only iOS 7  you just need 76 x 76  120 x 120 and 152 x 152 icon sizes  If you also want to target iOS 6  you   ll need 57 x 57  72 x 72  76 x 76  114 x 114  120 x 120  144 x 144 and 152 x 152 icon sizes  Without counting Spotlight and Settings icon if you don   t want the OS to interpolate them       As per the blog post New Metrics for iOS 7 App Icons    UPDATE   As per Apple Guideline App-icon OR Icon and Image Sizes   Icon dimensions  iOS 7 and later     Icon dimensions  iOS 6 1 and earlier        Create different sizes of the app icon for different devices  If you   re creating a universal app  you need to supply app icons in all four sizes    For iPhone and iPod touch  both of these sizes are required    120 x 120 pixels 60 x 60 pixels  standard resolution    For iPad  both of these sizes are required    152 x 152 76 x 76 pixels  standard resolution      Now set this into Project    Create a new icon with 120 pixels with high-resolution and 60 pixels as regular as above that the Apple documentation mentions and set the name  For example  icon-120 png and icon-152 png  Put this icons into your project Resource folder and add this icon into the project       After this  click on ProjectName-Info plist and find the icon files row  If you can t find it  then add it by clicking the     sign and select icon files and then set all icon images like below        Now archive and distribute your project as we did for submission of the app binary into the App nbsp Store  I hope now you can submit your app without any icon issue     NOTE   Be careful to provide all the icons you need  Otherwise your app will not pass Apple validation  If you   ve received this kind of email   Invalid Image - For iOS applications  icons included in the binary submission must be in the PNG format   - If your application supports the iPhone device family  you must include square icons of the following dimensions  57x57 pixels and 120x120 pixels   - If your application supports the iPad device family  you must include square icons of the following dimensions  72x72 pixels  76x76 pixels and 152x152 pixels      Apple is now accepting applications that work on iOS 7 as well  so whatever the Deployment target 6 1 or earlier  but you also need to provide the iOS 7 icon sizes as I mention above  that the store is expecting     Xcode 5 app icon Manage  If you are using xCode5 The first thing to update is the icons  Xcode 5 introduces Asset Catalogs to simply managing multiple copies of an image  such as for multiple resolutions   We   ll create one to manage both the Game   s icons  along with the Launch Images     Now  click the Use Asset Catalog button  When confirming the migration  you   re also asked if you wish to migrate the Launch Images  which is iOS talk for the splash screen that appears when starting your app  - you   ll want to ensure this is checked as well     Please take a Look for more Info Apple doc of Asset Catalogs

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I faced the same issue while submitting the app using Xcode 4 6  It does not recognise the icons with dimension 120x120  58x58  29x29  etc  So when I tried to add these icons into the info plist and submit the app for review  Xcode 4 6 did not allow me to do so  On submitting the app without the above icons  I got a mail saying -    Your delivery was successful  but you may wish to correct the following issues in your next delivery  Missing recommended icon file - The bundle does not contain an app icon for iPhone   iPod Touch of exactly  120x120  pixels  in  png format    Since  it was recommended and not necessary  I submitted the app anyhow  I added the above recommended icons to the bundle but did not specify them in the Info plist  I got the same mail again  This time I ignored it and to my surprise the app was accepted    I wanted my app to run on iOS 5 and above and therefore  I had to use Xcode 4 6 and not the latest Xcode 5 which properly allows only apps for iOS7 and above only   UPDATE    NOTE   Starting February 1st 2014 new apps and app updates submitted to the App Store must be built with Xcode 5 and iOS 7 SDK    https   developer apple com news  id 12172013a top  Thus  this scenario will be invalid in future

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I want to add another pitfall  Even if you did everything right  you may get trapped by this error if you support more than one target in your build process   The image asset catalog is part of a target and even if you selected it in Xcode5 to be used for your target  it does not mean it is automatically added    As a result  the build works like a charm  but the asset catalog is not added to the IPA and the AppStore validation fails with the Error  that the icons are missing   To fix or check that the assets are part of the target  select the assets-entry in the Xcode project and make sure your target is checked in the inspector

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The accepted answer is great  but here s the short answer    lt key gt CFBundleIconFiles lt  key gt   lt array gt       lt string gt icon 2x png lt  string gt       lt string gt icon png lt  string gt       lt string gt Icon-Small png lt  string gt       lt string gt Icon-Small 2x png lt  string gt       lt string gt Default png lt  string gt       lt string gt Default 2x png lt  string gt       lt string gt icon-72 png lt  string gt       lt string gt icon-72 2x png lt  string gt       lt string gt Icon-Small-50 png lt  string gt       lt string gt Icon-Small-50 2x png lt  string gt       lt string gt Default-Landscape png lt  string gt       lt string gt Default-Landscape 2x png lt  string gt       lt string gt Default-Portrait png lt  string gt       lt string gt Default-Portrait 2x png lt  string gt    New icons below here       lt string gt icon-40 png lt  string gt       lt string gt icon-40 2x png lt  string gt       lt string gt icon-60 png lt  string gt       lt string gt icon-60 2x png lt  string gt       lt string gt icon-76 png lt  string gt       lt string gt icon-76 2x png lt  string gt   lt  array gt    Found this here by searching for  The bundle does not contain an app icon for iPhone   iPod Touch of exactly  120x120  pixels  in  png format   in Google

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One easy way if you have App icon of size 1024 X 1024  just upload it on below site  It will generate icon folder Add AppIcon appiconset in to your application    Step 1    Upload your existing 1024 X 1024 icon on Below Site     https   makeappicon com   Step 2     It will send you mail   Download icon zip from email    Step 3   Drag and Drop AppIcon appiconset to your application  It will contain all require icon    It may help you all    Edit   I am not owner  promoter of this site  It will save our time

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In my case  my App icon files were not in the camel case notation  For example   My Filename  Appicon57x57  Should be  AppIcon57x57  note the capital  i  here   So  in my case the solution was this    Remove all the icon files from the Asset Catalog  Rename the file as mentioned above  Add the renamed files back to the Asset Catalog again    This should fix the problem

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I created my AppIcon catalog manually and had all the correct icons in it  but my project was not using it as the icon catalog  On the project s General tab  where you can set the project name and version number   there was an entry for App Icons Source  but no way to select the catalog I created  I had to click the button to create a new catalog  then delete that new catalog  and then the button changed to a menu where I could select the existing catalog

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I got this error when I was using the app icon image which was resized to 120x120 from 180x180 sized icon using the preview app on MAC  The error is gone When I removed the 120x120 icon from the project  Resizing icons can mess-up with the format required by Apple

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For generating icons for your Xcode projects  I d suggest you consider using SquareIcon  I believe that it makes creating app icon sets for Apple platforms very easy  Just to let you know  this is my own app   You can drop in a generic image file of your icon  like a PNG or JPG  and generate a  appiconset file which you can put in your Xcode project s asset catalog  This removes the requirement of manually resizing a bunch of images

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In my case it was linked with CocoaPods  I ve spent a bunch of time to find what was the reason  cause everything seemed correct  I found it over here https   github com CocoaPods CocoaPods issues 7003  I just moved the   CP  Copy Pods Resources  and   CP  Embed Pods Frameworks  above  Copy Bundle Resources  in the Build Phases and the error dissapeared

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In my case i simply removed CFBundleIcons ipad key from the info plist file which was blocking the use of AppIcon set for iPad   The target of my project was iPhone and IOS 8  XCode version was 6 3  Setting CFBundleIcons ipad probably come from an early version of XCode

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You don t have to do it this complicated way  If you are using XCode 5  which I am sure most of us are  then create your icons call them whatever you like i e     myIcon-58 png myIcon-57 png myIcon-72 png myIcon-80 png myIcon-100 png        And drag and drop them on to the correct boxes under AppIcon  See screenshots  You don t have to manually edit plist file

[iphone] 'Missing recommended icon file - The bundle does not contain an app icon for iPhone / iPod Touch of exactly '120x120' pixels, in .png format'

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