I just used the screenshot capture and dragged around one of the stock images to guesstimate a good size...I came up with 30x30px, and that actually fit very well.
You could probably go wider depending on your situation, but I think you would only have room to go maybe 5-10px taller.
Also, I used a light gray to dark gray gradient to simulate the stock images. The application automatically applies the blue glow when you click.
Thanks. I thought about 30 px was right. But when I save the image and add it to my project and set it as the tab bar icon all I get is a blue gradient square. I have tried saving as png, tiff and jpeg but I still get this blue square instead of my image. Any ideas?
FWIW, I believe you can size these icons up to about 48x32px and still have the device show them without scaling down...though if you use all that space, the icon just about hits the text below. In practice 30x30 is pretty good. If you need a wider icon (like the 'Featured' searchlights), go to 40 or even 48 wide.
Hi to all!!
I've try to create a simple grayscale icon 25x25px but Xcode still don't see it!
how it's possible?
did I make a mistake (probably) with photoshop ?
is correct to do25x25 grayscale icons?
thx a lot!
tabbar icon should be grayscale PNG file with alpha channel (transparency) and 25x25 seems to be enough
did you put icon file in correct directory (I'm not programmer but it's common trouble) ?
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Originally Posted by kiavor
Hi to all!!
I've try to create a simple grayscale icon 25x25px but Xcode still don't see it!
how it's possible?
did I make a mistake (probably) with photoshop ?
is correct to do25x25 grayscale icons?
thx a lot!
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Hey guys, just a heads up -- I've published some free (creative commons licensed) iPhone toolbar and tab bar icons at glyphish.com. I also included guidelines on how they work as well as a link to the Apple documentation.
Feel free to download and use them in your apps! I'd love to see screenshots of anywhere they're in use. If you can think of any icons or symbols that'd be good to add to the set, please let me know.
Hey guys, just a heads up -- I've published some free (creative commons licensed) iPhone toolbar and tab bar icons at glyphish.com. I also included guidelines on how they work as well as a link to the Apple documentation.
Feel free to download and use them in your apps! I'd love to see screenshots of anywhere they're in use. If you can think of any icons or symbols that'd be good to add to the set, please let me know.
Wow, thanks for taking the time to create the icons. They're really nice.
Hey guys, just a heads up -- I've published some free (creative commons licensed) iPhone toolbar and tab bar icons at glyphish.com. I also included guidelines on how they work as well as a link to the Apple documentation.
Feel free to download and use them in your apps! I'd love to see screenshots of anywhere they're in use. If you can think of any icons or symbols that'd be good to add to the set, please let me know.
Let me know if you use them (screenshots or invites to beta test always appreciated ) and please spread the word!
I'm creating a very similar set of icons scaled down sightly to work better as toolbar icons (the "blue bar" kind) and I hope to release it this month.
I have the same problem with my tab bar icons coming out looking like a blue square. I tried going into Photoshop and reversing the color (Back and White)
but it still does not work. I tried looking at the Elements sample code but could not see the tab bar icons? Anyone have any ideas?
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Hey guys, just a heads up -- I've published some free (creative commons licensed) iPhone toolbar and tab bar icons at glyphish.com. I also included guidelines on how they work as well as a link to the Apple documentation.
Feel free to download and use them in your apps! I'd love to see screenshots of anywhere they're in use. If you can think of any icons or symbols that'd be good to add to the set, please let me know.
Hey jpwain. Thanks for the icons. I never quite understood why artists would spend time on free icons though. How do you guys make money?