Alternote for ipad code#

Alternote for ipad code#

Those are the names of the icons and will be used in the code as well.

Take note of the Key and item in the Array (in my example both Microsoft). Keeping the requirements stated above in mind, this is what we’ll be creating: Otherwise, read on! What we’ll be creating The source code can be found on Github in case you directly want to dive into the code. We’ll be using the setAlternateIconName method that’s available in iOS 10.3 to achieve this goal. The goal in the sample would be that we’ll be able to change the app icon of the app so the user can choose between three different icons to be displayed on the springboard. Let’s see how we can use this to set alternate app icons in iOS using Xamarin. Xamarin released their support of iOS 10.3 pretty quickly after the release from Apple, making this functionality available for Xamarin.iOS developers as well (they called it adaptive icons). The official MLB At Bat and NHL apps on iOS used this to change the icon of their app to change the app’s icon to their favorite team’s logo.

Although it can’t be used to create a dynamic icon (like the Calendar or Clock-app), we are given the opportunity to ship the app with more than one kind of icon so the user will be able to change that. Since the release of iOS 10.3 developers are able to change the app icon from your app programatically.