iOS app icon not updating with Xcode 13.0 / iOS 15.0

me too after upgrade to Xcode 13 and IOS 15 , app icon display correctly in simulators , but in real device only show missing app icon

Update: The issue exists also in the simulator. On the first run it updates the app icon in the simulator, but then, when I replace the icon image afterwards, it will keep displaying the old icon the the simulator. The only solution I found so far is to reset the simulator and run again.

I have the same issue with an app currently in development. On new phones the new icon is displayed. But on my development phone (ios15) it does not update the icon.

I've reproduced this issue by creating a brand new project. But keeping the bundle identifier the same as the old app. Running this new project on the phone the icon is the same as the old app. If I then delete that new project app off the phone, change the bundle identifier and display name it then shows the new icon. If I then change the bundle identifier back to the old app it then shows the old icon.

This strongly suggests that it is nothing to do with the xcode project and must only be to do with the phone caching the icon. We haven't released this on the app store as of yet. Does anybody know if releasing to the AppStore with the new icon fixes this issue?

FYI, A solution here half worked. Install the app. Restart the phone with the app still installed. After the phone has restarted the new icon is displayed.

However, deploying from xcode seems to revert back to the previous icon until the phone is restarted again.

Me too. Xcode 12.5.1 with device iOS 15.0.2. But after reboot the iPhone, I have seen the new app icon

I have the same issue here. On Xcode an in Simulator. Seems to a be a bug in new software.

Facing same issue.

Facing same issue. Xcode 13.1 device iOS 13.5.1

Facing same issue. Rebooting the iPhone can't help.

I’m having a separate but similar issue with the Testflight app and public link email icon not changing despite icons being corrected. It’s like Apple doesn’t care about this issue

I did delete the app from simulator iOS 15.2 or later and reset the simulator and run the app again works. This is working in m1 MacBook with Xcode 13.

it still happening with xcode 14 and ios 16. Updated icon assests to new icon design and upon update of app on real device from Testflight or from xcode, app icon shows new icon and then reverts immediately to old one.

Anybody, how to fix this?

In my case, my project is a Unity project so I am setting(or changing) my icon on the Unity project and there was no change. What I have done to change;

1. Found the AppIcon.appiconset folder in Xcode Project folder and deleted(Finder on MacOs).

2)Find my AppIcon in Unity-iPhone->Data->Images (Project Navigator in Xcode) 3)Drag and drop Images to some where in the main project folder (Project Navigator in Xcode) And that fixed my nightmare. Hope helps someone.

Facing the same issue on Xcode15 and iOS 16 and 17 OS versions. It's not working until restarting device. Any solutions?

Hi!

I had the same issue. To solve this, I renamed all the icons and launch images. Now it's working fine :)