iOS graphic assets for the App Store submission
Dung Nguyen is our own graphics wizard who has been part of dozen of mobile projects. Dung made this handy guide for all those who are ready publish their iOS app to the app store and are wondering about the graphical assets needed for the process. After a huge amount of work finally the time […]
Dung Nguyen is our own graphics wizard who has been part of dozen of mobile projects. Dung made this handy guide for all those who are ready publish their iOS app to the app store and are wondering about the graphical assets needed for the process.
After a huge amount of work finally the time comes: the application is already finished! Congratulations to everyone who took part in the process! Now it’s time for you or your team to submit your app to the App Store, however we are frequently asked about what kind of graphic resources are required. So we list out all needed resources, these are final necessary touch for your app. In fact, three first assets are the most important, the rest are either optional or nice-to-have assets which however often get overlooked by developers.
Every app need a app icon and a launch file or image. In addition, some apps need custom icons to represent app-specific content, functions, or models in navigation bars, tools bars, and tab bars.
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| Assets | iPhone 6 Plus (@3x) | iPhone 6 and iPhone 5/5s (@2x) | iPhone 4/4s (@2x) | iPad and iPad mini (@2x) | iPad 2 and iPad mini (@1x) |
| App icon (required for all apps) | 180×180 | 120×120 | 120×120 | 152×152 | 76×76 |
| App icon for the App Store(required for all apps) | 1024×1024 | 1024×1024 | 1024×1024 | 1024×1024 | 1024×1024 |
| Launch file or image (required for all apps) | 1242×2208 (portrait) 2208×1242 (landscape) | 750×1334 (portrait iPhone 6) 1334×750 (landscape iPhone 6); 640×1136 (portrait iPhone5/5s) 1136×640 (portrait iPhone5/5s) | 640×960 (portrait) 960×640 (landscape) | 1536×2048 (portrait) 2048×1536 (landscape) | 768×1024 (portrait) 1024×768 (landscape) |
| Spotlight search results icon (recommended) | 120×120 | 80×80 | 80×80 | 80x80x | 40×40 |
| Settings icon (recommended) | 87×87 | 58×58 | 58×58 | 58×58 | 29×29 |
| Toolbar and navigation bar icon (optional) | 66×66 | 44×44 | 44×44 | 44×44 | 22×22 |
| Tab bar icon (optional) | 75×75 | 50×50 | 50×50 | 50×50 | 25×25 |
| Newsstand cover icon (only of Newsstand apps) | at least 1024px on the longest edge | at least 1024px on the longest edge | at least 1024px on the longest edge | at least 1024px on the longest edge | at least 512px on the longest edge |
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Beside all of the mentioned assets, you probably also need to prepare a background and title treatment artwork in case your app get featured. This is huge chance to maximise marketing with dedicate banner space on the App store, so make sure your artwork is awesome enough to catch people attention.
Last but not least, don’t forget preview screenshots for the App Store. All images should be hi-def JPEG or PNG, no status included. One screenshot is required, up to four additional screenshots can be uploaded.
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| Screen size | Resolution |
| 3.5-inch Retina Display screenshots | 640×920 portrait (without status bar) 640×960 portrait(full screen) 960×600 landscape (without status bar) 960×640 landscape (fullscreen) |
| 4-inch Retina Display screenshots | 640×1096 portrait (without status bar) 640×1136 portrait (fullscreen) 1136×600 landscape (without status bar) 1136×640 landscape (fullscreen) |
| 4.7-inch Retina Display screenshots | 750×1334 portrait (full screen) 1334×750 landscape (full screen) |
| 5.5-inch Retina Display screenshots | 1242×2208 portrait (full screen) 2208×1242 landscape (full screen) |
| iPad screenshots | 1024×748 landscape (without status bar) 1024×768 landscape (full screen) 2048×1496 landscape (without status bar) 2048×1536 landscape (full screen) 768×1004 portrait (without status bar) 768×1024 portrait (full screen) 1536×2008 portrait (without status bar) 1536×2048 portrait (fullscreen) |
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May your app be featured in the top lists all around the world, good luck.
