Dynamic Icon Change for iphone

My question is also same that others asked before.

I found that once you set the Icon for the Application we can't change the Application icon dynamically. Yes I agreed. If so we used Dynamic icons Apple Don't accept. But I accept there is some rules and regulation in apple.

So Here is my question : How to change the app icon dynamically. I am not going to put my Application in AppStore.

Everybody is telling it is not possible. I am not worrying about apples Rules. But yeh, worrying about the answer.

Anybody, Just guide me to Do this and don't tell me 'You Cant'.

Thanks in Advance.

Solved

One way would be to rewrite the icon.png file programmatically. You'd need to search a private API that allows access to your App Resources filestystem

iOS 10.3+

There is a method called setAlternateIconName: which is introduced in iOS 10.3, through which you can change the app's icon, however these icons should be predefined. It means that the icons should be added to the app's bundle and referenced in the info.plist.

Example:

A typical info.plist looks like:

CFBundleIcons

    CFBundleAlternateIcons
    
        alternate_icon_name
        
            CFBundleIconFiles
            
                alternate_icon_file
            
            UIPrerenderedIcon
            
        
        CFBundlePrimaryIcon
        
            CFBundleIconFiles
            
                default_icon_file
            
            UIPrerenderedIcon
            
        
    

Implement the code like:

Objective C:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setAlternateIconName:@"alternate_icon_name" completionHandler:^(NSError * _Nullable error) {
    NSLog(@"Error...");
}];

Swift 3:

if UIApplication.shared.supportsAlternateIcons
{
    UIApplication.shared.setAlternateIconName("alternate_icon_name", completionHandler: { (error) in
        print(error ?? "")
    })
}

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Before iOS 10.3

You cannot change the icon file dynamically, because the icon file name is stored on the application plist.

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You cannot change the application plist dynamically, because it is stored on the application bundle which is readonly.

So your requirement is not possible.

Before iOS 8 i tried one way which give me positive result at minimum once:

set icon.png as link to ../Documents/icon.png

But you need to force ask Springboard to redownload icons for installed applications (cause Springboard cache them)

Since iOS 8 this way does not work cause Documents folder was moved to dynamical path.

So you should find way to update readonly icon.png from bundle.

For apps installed to /Applications/ (through Cydia) - it's possible to do.

For apps installed via adhoc - There is no way to update readonly icon.png (as i know)