AI App Icon Generator for iOS & Android
Design compliant, high-converting mobile app icons for the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Automatically generates all 13 iOS Xcode sizes (20pt to 1024pt) and Android mipmap densities with zero pixel distortion.
Engineering Mobile App Icons: Apple HIG vs. Android Material Design 3
Publishing a five-star application requires respecting the distinct mechanical standards of Apple's SpringBoard and Google's Adaptive Launcher systems.
The Apple Squircle Superellipse
Apple's iOS interface does not use standard circular fillets for rounded rectangles. Instead, it relies on a proprietary continuous-curvature superellipse described mathematically by:
This curvature eliminates sudden inflection points, providing an organic, seamless transition into the device wallpaper. Never pre-clip your master 1024x1024 PNG with rounded corners—Xcode automatically masks the square canvas.
Android Material 3 Adaptive Architecture
Google Material Design requires a two-layer composition: a 108dp x 108dp background and a 108dp x 108dp foreground glyph. The central 72dp x 72dp area represents the guaranteed visible zone.
The outer 18dp boundary is reserved for dynamic physics, allowing system launchers to pan, tilt, and illuminate the icon during gesture navigation and parallax transitions.
Safe Zone Optical Centering
Geometric centers rarely match optical centers. Icons with top-heavy silhouettes (such as umbrellas or shopping bags) require a 2% to 4% downward offset to feel vertically balanced inside circular and squircle launcher masks.
IconAI Studio automatically normalizes vector centroids to prevent visual drift across home screens.
Complete Apple iOS Xcode 16 Asset Specification Matrix
| Device & Context | Point Size (pt) | Scale Factor | Pixel Resolution (px) | Idiom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iPhone Notification | 20pt | @2x, @3x | 40×40, 60×60 | iphone |
| iPhone Spotlight | 29pt | @2x, @3x | 58×58, 87×87 | iphone |
| iPhone Settings | 29pt | @2x, @3x | 58×58, 87×87 | iphone |
| iPhone App Home Screen | 60pt | @2x, @3x | 120×120, 180×180 | iphone |
| iPad Notifications | 20pt | @1x, @2x | 20×20, 40×40 | ipad |
| iPad Settings & Spotlight | 29pt | @1x, @2x | 29×29, 58×58 | ipad |
| iPad App Home Screen | 76pt | @1x, @2x | 76×76, 152×152 | ipad |
| iPad Pro (12.9-inch) | 83.5pt | @2x | 167×167 | ipad |
| App Store Marketing Master | 1024pt | @1x | 1024×1024 | ios-marketing |
Android Studio Mipmap Density Resolution Matrix
| Density Bucket | DPI Range | Scaling Ratio | Launcher Size (px) | Folder Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (mdpi) | ~160 dpi | 1.0x (Baseline) | 48×48 | res/mipmap-mdpi/ |
| High (hdpi) | ~240 dpi | 1.5x | 72×72 | res/mipmap-hdpi/ |
| Extra High (xhdpi) | ~320 dpi | 2.0x | 96×96 | res/mipmap-xhdpi/ |
| Extra Extra High (xxhdpi) | ~480 dpi | 3.0x | 144×144 | res/mipmap-xxhdpi/ |
| Ultra High (xxxhdpi) | ~640 dpi | 4.0x | 192×192 | res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ |
| Google Play Console | Store Asset | N/A | 512×512 | android-res/playstore-icon.png |
Frequently Asked Questions — Mobile App Icon Generation
Targeted technical answers for mobile engineers, Flutter developers, and indie app makers.
Apple's App Store submission validation strictly requires a square 1024x1024 pixel PNG with sharp 90-degree corners. The iOS operating system and App Store dynamically apply the signature Apple continuous-curvature squircle mask at runtime. If you pre-round the corners, the transparent corners will render as solid black or distorted grey edges in iOS.
Extract the downloaded ZIP. Inside, open the AppIcon.appiconset folder. In your Xcode project navigator, select Assets.xcassets, right-click, select "Show in Finder", and replace the existing AppIcon folder with the one generated by IconAI Studio. Xcode will immediately recognize all 13 sizes and Contents.json metadata.
Introduced in Android 8.0 and refined in Material 3, Adaptive Icons separate the asset into a background layer and a foreground glyph. Both layers measure 108dp x 108dp, but launchers clip them using device manufacturer preferences (Samsung squircles, Pixel circles, OnePlus teardrops).
Yes. Every exported PNG, SVG, and binary icon bundle is 100% royalty-free for commercial use across iOS, macOS, Android, and web platforms with no attribution requirements.
We recommend maintaining an inner safe zone between 70% and 80%. This leaves an optical buffer of at least 80 pixels on a 1024x1024 master canvas, ensuring your glyph is never truncated when viewed in notification centers, spotlight searches, or circular launcher widgets.
Yes. By toggling the "Transparent Background" checkbox in our studio, you can download isolated vector SVGs and transparent PNGs designed specifically to serve as the monochrome mask layer in iOS 18 tinted configurations.
Android requires five raster density buckets: mdpi (48px), hdpi (72px), xhdpi (96px), xxhdpi (144px), and xxxhdpi (192px). IconAI Studio compiles all five buckets into organized folders inside the exported ZIP bundle.
IconAI Studio uses original parametric bezier math and geometric synthesis. However, because general geometric symbols (like gears or shields) are common, we advise performing standard trademark clearance searches before registering an icon as a formal corporate trademark.