Mobile App Icons Creation

NOVASOLUTIONS.TECHNOLOGY is engaged in the development, support and maintenance of iOS, Android, PWA mobile applications. We have extensive experience and expertise in publishing mobile applications in popular markets like Google Play, App Store, Amazon, AppGallery and others.
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Development and support of all types of mobile applications:
Information and entertainment mobile applications
News apps, games, reference guides, online catalogs, weather apps, fitness and health apps, travel apps, educational apps, social networks and messengers, quizzes, blogs and podcasts, forums, aggregators
E-commerce mobile applications
Online stores, B2B apps, marketplaces, online exchanges, cashback services, exchanges, dropshipping platforms, loyalty programs, food and goods delivery, payment systems.
Business process management mobile applications
CRM systems, ERP systems, project management, sales team tools, financial management, production management, logistics and delivery management, HR management, data monitoring systems
Electronic services mobile applications
Classified ads platforms, online schools, online cinemas, electronic service platforms, cashback platforms, video hosting, thematic portals, online booking and scheduling platforms, online trading platforms

These are just some of the types of mobile applications we work with, and each of them may have its own specific features and functionality, tailored to the specific needs and goals of the client.

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Mobile App Icon Creation

Icons in a mobile application are not mere decoration. They are functional elements of navigation and user communication. A poorly designed tab bar icon leads to users who don't understand where to tap. An app icon with incorrect dimensions results in App Store rejection at submission.

App Icon: Technical Platform Requirements

App Store requires a single 1024×1024px image in PNG without alpha channel. Xcode generates remaining sizes through Asset Catalog — AppIcon.appiconset. In practice, before iOS 14 you needed 20+ sizes, now Xcode 15+ accepts Single Size and performs scaling automatically. We still verify the result on physical devices though: the scaling algorithm sometimes produces blurry edges at small sizes.

Google Play: 512×512px PNG for the app page plus adaptive icon for the launcher. Adaptive icon is two layers: foreground (108×108dp, content zone 72×72dp) and background. Android 13+ supports monochromatic icon (third layer). Without an adaptive icon on Android 8+, the launcher may crop the icon into a circle or square, and the logo ends up clipped.

Interface Icons: SF Symbols vs Custom

On iOS in 2024, SF Symbols became the default — a system library of 5000+ icons supporting all font weights (ultralight → black), multicolor, and animation (iOS 17+). If the design is built on SF Symbols, development gets it for free: scaling, theming, accessibility. Custom icons are needed only where SF Symbols doesn't cover.

On Android, the equivalent is Material Symbols (formerly Material Icons). Same principles: variable font, weight and fill as parameters, not separate files.

When custom is necessary: branded icons, domain-specific ones (finance, medicine, e-commerce with non-standard categories), icons with unique style that diverges from the system.

Export Formats for Developers

  • iOS/SwiftUI: PDF vector in Asset Catalog with Scales: Single Scale, Render As: Template Image for monochrome icons or Original for colored ones
  • Android: Vector Drawable XML (converted from SVG via Android Studio File → New → Vector Asset)
  • React Native: SVG via react-native-svg + transformation via SVGR into components
  • Flutter: SVG via flutter_svg 2.x package, or conversion to flutter Icon via FlutterIcon.com

SVG should be "clean": no extra groups, no transforms on root element, no embedded bitmap. We verify in Figma before export: Outline Stroke on all strokes, Flatten on complex boolean operations.

Icon Set for Application

Typical set for average complexity application: 30–80 icons. Tab bar (4–5 pieces), toolbar actions (8–15), content type/category icons (10–30), system icons (close, back, share, edit, delete).

All icons are drawn in one grid (24×24 or 28×28pt) with equal visual weight — optical alignment, not mathematical. A circular icon should be slightly larger than a square one of the same size to look equal.

Timeline: 2–3 days for a complete icon set for an average application. Cost is calculated individually.