Blank App Icon (physical device) - iOS 15 Xcode 13 betas

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vladweinstein OP
Created Jun ’21
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Hi,

What might one be overlooking when troubleshooting for a build giving the physical device a blank app icon?

I'm loading my SwiftUI iOS app onto an iPhone X with the current Xcode 13 and iOS 15 beta, and the AppIcon shows up properly in the simulator, but comes up blank on my physical device.

I have removed the app before each build, cleaned the build folder and restarted the device. I have not erased the device yet.

The icon files are being generated by apple's PSD file from a 1024x1024 square png and then fed to Xcode via assets, and shows up correctly in its partnering JSON under AppIcon.

The iOS 15 beta simulator seems happy, but my physical device doesn't want any of it (app icon wise).

Thanks for any advice anyone could offer.

-Vlad W.

iOS 15.0 (19A5261w) iPhone X NQCP2LL/A

Xcode 13 Version 13.0 beta (13A5154h) Big Sur 11.4 (20F71) MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)

Answered by vladweinstein in 678968022

Temporary solution - Restart the device after installing the app on device. AppIcon will then show up on dashboard.

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Duraid Abdul OP
Jun ’21

iOS 15 beta 1 (on device) has a problem with app icon cache. For Apple folks: FB9171573.

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vladweinstein OP
Jun ’21
Accepted Answer

Temporary solution - Restart the device after installing the app on device. AppIcon will then show up on dashboard.

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Matuska OP
Jul ’21

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WakeUp OP
Oct ’21

Changing the names of the icons worked for me

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Nax OP
Oct ’21

Has anyone had any luck with fixing this? This is still an issue for me on iOS 15.0.2. Restarting my device has restored the icon but this is not ideal for the user.

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Borra OP
Nov ’21

HI., I have same issue but cant update to new app icon with updated version - Still after update i can see previous app icon while downloaded from TestFlight, But why we need to restart the device - End User cant do all the time. Can please find the permanent solutions.

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mach1studios OP
Nov ’21

has this been resolved?!? I can still recreate this in 13.1

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Gretchin37 OP
Nov ’21

Update ios to 15.1 fixed the problem for me

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efesus OP
Jan ’22

It's been 6 months and this is still broken. You can create a new project and your app icon will always look empty. This is unacceptable

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manjunath014 OP
Feb ’22

Is there any update on this issue? We are planning to replace app icons for the app which is already in App Store.

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clumsyhamster OP
Apr ’22

Still broken in 15.4.1 on just a build/install. Even cleaning build folder and rebuilding does nothing. After rebuilding 3/4 times, it finally shows.

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q21turner OP
Apr ’22

Need help fixing TestFlight icon dimensions on our public email link as well as inside the TestFlight Site (top left icon).

Our icons are sized correctly inside the TestFlight mobile app and for my installed app on device so why would the site and email icons be incorrect?

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