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Appicon.png & Default.png Aren't Changing

When I try and replace or even delete-replace my appicon.png file and Default.png file inside build/iphone/Resources, it reverts back to original and doesn't change. I haven't the slightest clue as to why this is happening.

I have replaced the images at least 10 times and every time my app is launched in the simulator the icon and splash screen .png don't change. Any suggestions?

— asked July 28th 2010 by Sean DeChellis
  • appicon
  • iphone
  • screen
  • splash
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  • Put them in the resources folder instead of the build folder.

    Save the images to the folder "your_appfolder/resources" or "your_appfolder/resources/iphone" where your_appfolder is the root folder of your app.

    Hope that helps..

    — answered July 28th 2010 by Fredrik Nordlund
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  • Fredrik, thanks for the reply. Your suggestion helped me partially.

    It turns out that even if you change build/iphone/Resources/appicon.png or …/Default.png once your app is generated in the iphone simulator the appicon.png and Default.png files in Resources/iphone/ will be used and override the images in the build folder.

    Moral of the story, place these files in Resources/iphone/

    — answered July 28th 2010 by Sean DeChellis
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  • Just confirming that if you place the appicon inside Resources/iphone it will do the trick.

    — answered October 7th 2010 by Antonio Silveira
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  • I'd like to say this seems like the moral of the story, but I think I've put my appicon.png in Resources/iPhone, and in Build/iPhone/Resources and still can't get it to show up in the Simulator on the app page.

    — answered February 5th 2011 by Korky Kathman
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    • It seems the iphone simulator does not get the resources refreshed right unless you completely empty the build/iphone folder (but leave the empty folder there).

      — commented February 5th 2011 by Doug Handy
  • Hi Korky, if you are working with Titanium Developer, try this:
    Select the project you are working on, select "Edit" tab, and point to the appicon.png (saved locally under your Resources) for the "Application Icon" setting. Worked for me!

    -K

    — answered July 1st 2011 by Kasthuri Jayarajah
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  • I had the same problem. Delete the /build directory and relaunch. That'll fix it.

    — answered August 23rd 2011 by Michael Stelly
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  • Nothing worked for me for android, except this:

    YOUR_APP/Platform/android
    replace the all appicon.

    — answered July 9th 2015 by Bhavana Vadodariya
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  • I'd like to say this seems like the moral of the story, but I think I've put my appicon.png in Resources/iPhone, and in Build/iPhone/Resources and still can't get it to show up in the Simulator on the app page.

    — answered February 5th 2011 by Korky Kathman
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  • Sorry, double post..

    — answered July 28th 2010 by Fredrik Nordlund
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