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New App Icon? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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wefwef is an awesome web app, but the (imo) relatively generic app icon doesn’t reach the same level of polish as the rest of the beautiful app. Any chance we get a more custom and unique icon?

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I, for one, actually like the wefwef icon. It has a personality of its own.

Perhaps the ability to customise and select an icon would be the real solution here.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I think the current icon is fine, I just think it lacks some personality as it’s literally just the Lemmy logo on a generic background (no offense). As long as wefwef stays a PWA there sadly can’t be multiple icons to choose from, at least on iOS (see post here).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I like the current icon

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I don't have a problem with the icon and much prefer it over the usual corporate ones!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I managed to make my own with a Pixel Launcher Extended mod for Android, I'm not entirely sure how I managed to do that, seems that it is using the icon of the Lemmy PWA?

I'm just sharing it here maybe for inspiration for a Monet compatible icon.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That looks nice! Sadly not possible on iOS though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, maybe you can check making a shortcut or something like that? 🤔

I know iOS has limited customization, but it should be doable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not if you want to have it on the homescreen and not open safari when you tap on it, that only works for apps not web apps and even for apps it’s not ideal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, I guess because you’d have to make the change before saving to home, right ?

So we can’t programmatically update the PWA manifest and favicons, since “save to home” isn’t a logged in user?

Unless… maybe a query param for theming? 🧐

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I’m pretty sure on iOS you‘d have to delete and add it again (which I certainly wouldn’t mind). If you can actually switch the icon that way I‘d be more than happy to have that, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah that would be limitation unfortunately.

That maaaay change with upcoming iOS versions, not sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

On iOS 17 at least I don’t think it does. I’m pretty sure there was an option to choose a custom image when adding a website to your homepage, but that sadly doesn’t work anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can do it with the Apple app Shortcuts

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is the best you can do on iOS right now if you want to have a web app with a custom icon on your homescreen that doesn’t open safari if you tap on it: video.

It opens a little safari window which reloads from scratch every time you open it via the icon. Not ideal.

Adding it the normal way (which doesn’t let you customize the icon) makes it behave pretty much like a native app: full screen and keeps its state every time you tap on the icon.