Icon and Info.plist are not up to spec

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The Info.plist and Icon@2x.png are both not up to spec. Firstly, the plist file 
lists each icon under the 'Resources' directory, but they are not. Secondly, 
the Icon@2x.png should be 118x120 and not 114x114 (unless it winds up in the 
legit App Store).

I have fixed them both.

Note: The icon has been compressed for the iPhone and may be rendered by 
browsers as invisible.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by william....@gmail.com on 4 Jan 2011 at 6:50

Attachments:

• Info.plist
• Icon@2x.png

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Updated the plist in r485.

Where do your numbers for Icon@2x.png come from?
(obviously the current icons are based on the documentation from Apple).

Original comment by allen.po...@gmail.com on 9 Jan 2011 at 4:17

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The current icon is correct if it winds up in the App Store. Third party 
applications (anything that isn't installed by default) use a 114x114 icon, and 
the respective 4x6 pixels are filled in by an icon mask (this gives it both the 
rounded borders and gloss, the latter of which can be disabled if so wished). 
Default apps, on the other hand, do not require the icon mask, and are styled 
outright.

Cydia apps break the convention, however, as they are installed in the same 
manner as default applications (same directory to boot) but are not technically 
the same. But, they too, require the same dimensions as the default, as they 
too, are not subject to the icon mask policy. To iOS, they are looked upon as 
one and the same.

So 114x114 is technically right, but only if the app is made into an IPA and 
installed through iTunes and treated by iOS as a 'true' third party app.

Where do my numbers come from? The system itself. For lack of a better term, 
I'm a themer and have been fiddling around the OS for quite some time. But no 
need to believe me, anyone that installs the app should notice that the icon is 
bigger than the other ones on their screen. This is because the 114x114 icon is 
stretched to a 118x120 dimension, resulting in a slightly larger image.

Original comment by william....@gmail.com on 9 Jan 2011 at 5:23

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Honestly, the app could use a proper loading screen and a rework of the icons. 
I could whip something up. On that, how hard would it be to hook a 
Default@2x.png into it for Retina display users? Currently, there exists only a 
Default.png which is 320x480 and will get stretched (and become ugly and 
pixelated) for those with the higher res (like me).

Original comment by william....@gmail.com on 9 Jan 2011 at 5:25

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Contributions are welcome, the existing Default.png was just added before the 
iPad existed, I think.

See these previous icon-related issues for history if you're curious on why its 
in such a bad state :)
http://code.google.com/p/mobileterminal/issues/detail?id=209
http://code.google.com/p/mobileterminal/issues/detail?id=131
http://code.google.com/p/mobileterminal/issues/detail?id=186

(I've just taken suggestions from whoever had a suggestion, and haven't really 
figured out the best way this should work.  Notably, I don't even have a 
jailbroken iphone at the moment -- I test this all from the iphone simulator).

Original comment by allen.po...@gmail.com on 9 Jan 2011 at 5:57

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Also see http://code.google.com/p/mobileterminal/issues/detail?id=215

Original comment by allen.po...@gmail.com on 9 Jan 2011 at 5:58

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Alright Allen. I'll whip up a loader for both the old display and the Retina 
display, along with properly sized icons for the app (including all sizes). 
Will post when I'm done.

If you have the time and the will, you can hook the Default@2x.png whenever you 
wish. It'll be there waiting ;)

PS: The wrongly sized icon came from: 
http://code.google.com/p/mobileterminal/issues/detail?id=186

Original comment by william....@gmail.com on 9 Jan 2011 at 9:26

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Original comment by allen.po...@gmail.com on 15 Jan 2011 at 11:20

• Changed state: Accepted

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I wondered if the Default@2x.png and updated Default.png I posted a few months 
back were ever going to be added to the SVN build... lol guess not :D

Original comment by emceese...@gmail.com on 19 Jan 2011 at 6:42

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Allen, sorry about the delay. Here are the iPhone icons. Proper dimensions. 
Proper everything. I don't have an iPad so let me hunt down the proper 
dimensions for those respective icons.

In the meantime, at least the iPhone is covered.

Original comment by william....@gmail.com on 19 Jan 2011 at 9:38

Attachments:

• Terminal-iPhone-Icons.zip