Design your icon as a square image. On most platforms, the system applies a mask that automatically adjusts icon corners to match the platform’s aesthetic. For example, visionOS and watchOS automatically apply a circular mask.

🔆 Here's an all-in-one file with grid templates for App Icons and iMessage stickers in the Apple Ecosystem. 👉🏻Swap variants and pick the expanded version of the grids based on the platform you need to build your App Icon for.

Explore the essential dimensions and grid structure for crafting Apple iOS and iPadOS app icons. Learn the precise sizes and grid guidelines to ensure your icons maintain clarity and visual integrity across various devices and contexts.

Apple recently changed how to make iOS icons in Xcode. Now you only need to use a single, square 1024x1024 image. (Xcode still lets you do it the old way, if needed.)

It is important to keep note that you shouldn’t export the icons with the mask, or you’ll potentially find black artifacts. Instead, just export square assets to the App Store. In Sketch and Figma, you can enable Smooth Corners to create this shape. Icon …

I'm aware of that Chris Heath, on a website, ‘Design By Geometry’, has presented a compelling analysis of Apple's iOS app icon grid in a video titled, ‘How to Build the iOS Icon Grid’. But, because it isn't an official Apple source, I can't be sure …

May 7, 2024 · Inspired by @rafa’s https://docktor.site, I created Squircle – a free Mac app that adds the correct corner radius, padding, and shadow to square app icons following Apple’s design guidelines. Just drop the square icon in and out you get a single png or an appiconset for Xcode.

May 13, 2021 · The system applies a mask that rounds icon corners automatically. I am keeping square icon. However when I build and publish icon to App store it shows square icon within a rounded cornered gray box everywhere.

In fact, you shouldn't be rounding the corners yourself. If iOS were to change how corners are rounded in a future release, your icon might look rather ugly with white/black 'fragments' near the corners. There's a neat exploration of the iOS 7 corner rounding changes here - this is the diff between iOS 6 rounding and iOS 7 rounding:

Jan 26, 2022 · Options to scale your icons are currently limited: Settings > Display & Brightness > [Display Zoom] View > select Standard or Zoomed. Settings > Home Screen & Dock > Use Large Icons - set ON or OFF. These two settings can be used independently or combined.