I want a button that will save an image to the camera roll. It seems to me the most obvious image to use is the camera roll / library app icon, this one...
I cannot find anything in the documentation about this, but I imagine Apple are pretty protective of these icons. I would not be changing it very much... maybe adding an arrow indicating the file/image is being sent to the camera roll.
Apple is all about intuitive app design, so I would hope they would allow this. Has anyone had an app rejected for similar?
1. I don't think you're allowed to use it like that, but I'm not sure. You're certainly not allowed to use it in your screenshots or anywhere else.
2. I don't think that would be a wise choice. I would expect that icon to open the Photos app, not save a photo to the camera roll.
I want a button that will save an image to the camera roll. It seems to me the most obvious image to use is the camera roll / library app icon, this one...
I cannot find anything in the documentation about this, but I imagine Apple are pretty protective of these icons. I would not be changing it very much... maybe adding an arrow indicating the file/image is being sent to the camera roll.
Apple is all about intuitive app design, so I would hope they would allow this. Has anyone had an app rejected for similar?
Thanks, Justin
I researched this, and came to the conclusion that the only Apple graphics you are allowed to use are the ones Apple explicitly makes available to you through the SDK. All others are Apple property and will get your app rejected.
I'm not a lawyer, but that was my interpretation of the developer license agreement.
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I think using it would be a big risk. It's a shame. My app is aimed at preschool kids and I know that my 3 yr old daughter instantly knows where to go to look at photos. I had thought about using a stylised version... maybe a silhouette of a sunflower, but I'm not sure the kids would get it. Also is any 3-5year old going to understand what a picture of a 3.5inch diskette is either!! nope! This is going to take some thought!
I think using it would be a big risk. It's a shame. My app is aimed at preschool kids and I know that my 3 yr old daughter instantly knows where to go to look at photos. I had thought about using a stylised version... maybe a silhouette of a sunflower, but I'm not sure the kids would get it. Also is any 3-5year old going to understand what a picture of a 3.5inch diskette is either!! nope! This is going to take some thought!
Is that icon, or any tweaked version of it, really obvious? Doesn't really seem to say "photo album" to me any more than, say, a picture of Mt. Fuji.
I think the only reason I know what that icon means would be by where I encounter it. Sure, I've been an iPhone user since launch day, so I would kinda sorta recognize it (on an iPhone launcher screen, that is; not anywhere else), but these days I think I mostly only recognize that icon because it says "Photos" under it, and because I have it in a folder called "Camera Bag", so it doesn't get mixed in with a lot of unrelated stuff. If I saw that icon inside an app, I don't think I would think "Photos" at all.
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