flutter_dynamic_icon

A flutter plugin for dynamically changing app icon and app icon batch number in the mobile platform. Supports both iOS (with version > 10.3) and Android.

Note

On Android you can't change the batch number, but you can change the name and icon of your app. On iOS you can't change the app name, but you can change the icon and batch number.

This are platform limitations

Usage

To use this plugin, add flutter_dynamic_icon as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file.

Getting Started

Check out the example directory for a sample app using flutter_dynamic_icon.

iOS Integration

Index

• 2x - 120px x 120px
• 3x - 180px x 180px

To integrate your plugin into the iOS part of your app, follow these steps

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2. These icons shouldn't be kept in Assets.xcassets folder, but outside. When copying to Xcode, you can select 'create folder references' or 'create groups', if not you will get and error when uploading the build to the AppStore saying: (Thanks to @nohli for this observation) TMS-90032: Invalid Image Path - - No image found at the path referenced under key 'CFBundleAlternateIcons':...

Here is my directory structure:

3. Next, we need to setup the Info.plist
   1. Add Icon files (iOS 5) to the Information Property List
   2. Add CFBundleAlternateIcons as a dictionary, it is used for alternative icons
   3. Set 3 dictionaries under CFBundleAlternateIcons, they are correspond to teamfortress, photos, and chills
   4. For each dictionary, two properties — UIPrerenderedIcon and CFBundleIconFiles need to be configured
   5. If the sub-property UINewsstandIcon is showing under Icon files (iOS 5) and you don't plan on using it (it is intended for use with Newstand features), erase it or the app will get rejected upon submission on the App Store

Note that if you need it work for iPads, You need to add these icon declarations in CFBundleIcons~ipad as well. See here for more details.

Here is my Info.plist after adding Alternate Icons

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
	<string>en</string>
	<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
	<string>$(EXECUTABLE_NAME)</string>
	<key>CFBundleIcons</key>
	<dict>
		<key>CFBundleAlternateIcons</key>
		<dict>
			<key>chills</key>
			<dict>
				<key>CFBundleIconFiles</key>
				<array>
					<string>chills</string>
				</array>
				<key>UIPrerenderedIcon</key>
				<false/>
			</dict>
			<key>photos</key>
			<dict>
				<key>CFBundleIconFiles</key>
				<array>
					<string>photos</string>
				</array>
				<key>UIPrerenderedIcon</key>
				<false/>
			</dict>
			<key>teamfortress</key>
			<dict>
				<key>CFBundleIconFiles</key>
				<array>
					<string>teamfortress</string>
				</array>
				<key>UIPrerenderedIcon</key>
				<false/>
			</dict>
		</dict>
		<key>CFBundlePrimaryIcon</key>
		<dict>
			<key>CFBundleIconFiles</key>
			<array>
				<string>chills</string>
			</array>
			<key>UIPrerenderedIcon</key>
			<false/>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
	<string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)</string>
	<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
	<string>6.0</string>
	<key>CFBundleName</key>
	<string>flutter_dynamic_icon_example</string>
	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
	<string>APPL</string>
	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
	<string>$(FLUTTER_BUILD_NAME)</string>
	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
	<string>????</string>
	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
	<string>$(FLUTTER_BUILD_NUMBER)</string>
	<key>LSRequiresIPhoneOS</key>
	<true/>
	<key>UILaunchStoryboardName</key>
	<string>LaunchScreen</string>
	<key>UIMainStoryboardFile</key>
	<string>Main</string>
	<key>UISupportedInterfaceOrientations</key>
	<array>
		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait</string>
		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft</string>
		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight</string>
	</array>
	<key>UISupportedInterfaceOrientations~ipad</key>
	<array>
		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait</string>
		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown</string>
		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft</string>
		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight</string>
	</array>
	<key>UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance</key>
	<false/>
</dict>
</plist>

Now, you can call FlutterDynamicIcon.setAlternateIconName with the CFBundleAlternateIcons key as the argument to set that icon.

Android integration

Place your alternative icons images in the android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-*dpi/ directories. Next open your AndroidManifest.xml (placed in android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml) and edit as follows:

<manifest ...>

    <!-- [...] permissions -->

    <application
        android:label="Your default app name"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
		<!-- The `android:name` must be "MainActivity" here -->
        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:launchMode="singleTop"
            android:theme="@style/LaunchTheme"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density"
            android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
            android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
            
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
               <!-- This needs to be DEFAULT instead of LAUNCHER -->
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        
        <!-- Alternative icons configuration -->
        <!-- 
			The `activity-alias` are your alternative icons configuration.
			The `android:name` param is the name that will pass at FlutterDynamicIcon.setAlternateIconName.
			The `android:icon` is the icon that will show in the launcher. The name must be equal as the one in `android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-*dpi/*.png`
			The `android:label` is the app name that will show in the launcher.
			The `android:enabled` must be setted as false, otherwise you will have multiple icons for the same app.
			The `android:targetActivity` must be setted as "MainActivity"
			If you have other intent-filter (for example sharing intent), you will have to paste the same value for all your alternative icons (and the default one)
		-->
        <!-- Default alias -->
        <activity-alias
                android:name=".default"
                android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
                android:label="@string/app_name"
                android:enabled="true"
                android:exported="true"
                android:targetActivity=".MainActivity">
           <intent-filter>
              <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
              <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
           </intent-filter>
        </activity-alias>
        <activity-alias
            android:name=".chills"
            android:icon="@mipmap/chills"
            android:label="Chills"
            android:enabled="false"
            android:exported="true"
            android:targetActivity=".MainActivity">
            
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity-alias>

        <activity-alias
            android:name=".photos"
            android:icon="@mipmap/photos"
            android:label="Photos"
            android:enabled="false"
            android:exported="true"
            android:targetActivity=".MainActivity">
            
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity-alias>

        <activity-alias
            android:name=".teamfortress"
            android:icon="@mipmap/teamfortress"
            android:label="Teamfortress"
            android:enabled="false"
            android:exported="true"
            android:targetActivity=".MainActivity">
            
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity-alias>

        <meta-data
            android:name="flutterEmbedding"
            android:value="2" />
    </application>
</manifest>

Dart/Flutter Integration

From your Dart code, you need to import the plugin and use it's static methods:

import 'package:flutter_dynamic_icon/flutter_dynamic_icon.dart';

try {
  if (await FlutterDynamicIcon.supportsAlternateIcons) {
    await FlutterDynamicIcon.setAlternateIconName("photos");
    print("App icon change successful");
    return;
  }
} on PlatformException {} catch (e) {}
print("Failed to change app icon");

...

// set batch number (only on iOS)
try {
	await FlutterDynamicIcon.setApplicationIconBadgeNumber(9399);
} on PlatformException {} catch (e) {}

// gets currently set batch number
int batchNumber = FlutterDynamicIcon.getApplicationIconBadgeNumber();

Check out the example app for more details

Screenrecord

Showing App Icon change

iOS

Android

Showing Batch number on app icon change in SpringBoard

Reference

This was made possible because this blog. I borrowed a lot of words from this blog. https://medium.com/ios-os-x-development/dynamically-change-the-app-icon-7d4bece820d2