proper size for launcher_icon for apps.

The default one is 16x16 pixels (the "iq") and it is tiny on the device screen in the app list. What is the proper size? does it differ between devices?

I couldn't find it documented anywhere.

travis.vitek over 10 years ago

The information is in devices.xml...

C:\Garmin\connectiq-sdk-win-1.1.0\bin>findstr "launcher_icon device" devices.xml
    <devices>
        <device id="square_watch_sim" part_number="006-07782-73">
            <launcher_icon width="61" height="43" />
        </device>
        <device id="square_watch" part_number="006-07782-73" name="Square Watch">
            <launcher_icon width="61" height="43" />
        </device>
        <device id="round_watch_sim" part_number="006-00768-63">
            <launcher_icon width="40" height="40" />
        </device>
        <device id="round_watch" part_number="006-00768-63" name="Round Watch">
            <launcher_icon width="40" height="40" />
        </device>
        <device id="vivoactive_sim" part_number="006-B1907-00">
            <launcher_icon width="61" height="43" />
        </device>
        <device id="vivoactive" part_number="006-B1907-00" name="v&#9500;¡voactive">
            <launcher_icon width="61" height="43" />
        </device>
        <device id="fenix3_sim" part_number="006-B2050-00">
            <launcher_icon width="40" height="40" />
        </device>
        <device id="fenix3" part_number="006-B2050-00" name="f&#9472;ônix&#915;äó 3">
            <launcher_icon width="40" height="40" />
        </device>
        <device id="fr920xt_sim" part_number="006-B1765-00">
            <launcher_icon width="65" height="65" />
        </device>
        <device id="fr920xt" part_number="006-B1765-00" name="Forerunner&#9516;« 920XT">
            <launcher_icon width="65" height="65" />
        </device>
        <device id="epix_sim" part_number="006-B1988-00">
            <launcher_icon width="61" height="43" />
        </device>
        <device id="epix" part_number="006-B1988-00" name="epix&#9516;«">
            <launcher_icon width="61" height="43" />
        </device>
    </devices>

jim_m_58 over 10 years ago

That's for the simulator, and we've seen that can be wrong (especially for the vivoactive and fonts!). I'm using a 50x50 pixel image on the vivoactive itself, and it seems like a good size, (in the list of available apps).

I tried a 64x64 image and it still displayed, but overlapped what I would see as the "bounds".

travis.vitek over 10 years ago

The icon size listed in the xml shown above indicates your icon should be 61x43. How does that look?

Kyle.ConnectIQ over 10 years ago

The devices.xml is synced with the devices for the non-simulator device entries (the vivoactive fonts was a bug), so the sizes listed in it are correct for the launcher icons.