Here, you can upload 3 image sizes that the Store will use in place of logo images from your app’s packages: 300 x 300, 150 x 150, and 71 x 71 pixels.

When you check this box, a new section called Store display images appears. (Note that if your product supports earlier OS versions, those customers may still see images from your packages, even if you use this option.) You can do this in the Store logos section of the Store listing step of the submission process. This gives you more control over your app’s appearance in various displays throughout the Store. However, you have the option to prevent the Store from using the logo images in your app's packages when displaying your listing to customers on Windows 10 (including Xbox), and instead have the Store use only images that you upload. 'How do I specify images for my app's listing in the Microsoft Store?'īy default, we use some of the images from your packages in the Store, as described in the table at the top of this page (along with other images that you provide during the submission process). That's a lot of icons! Fortunately, Visual Studio provides a tool that makes it easy to generate and update these icons. Larger values create larger UI elements, making them easier to see on high-DPI displays.īecause app icon assets are bitmaps and bitmaps don't scale well, we recommend providing a version each icon asset for each scale factor: 100%, 125%, 150%, 200%, and 400%. The scale factor determines the size of UI elements, such as text.

To ensure these icons look sharp on every screen, you can create multiple versions of the same icon for different display scale factors. * Used unless you choose to display only uploaded images in the Store. Icon nameĪpp list in start menu, task bar, task managerĪpp installer, Partner Center, the 'Report an app' option in the Store, the 'Write a review' option in the Store Here's a list of the different types of icons, where they appear, and what they're called. (This article is specifically for icons that represent the app itself for general icon guidance, see the Icons article.) Icon types, locations, and scale factorsīy default, Visual Studio stores your icon assets in an assets subdirectory. This article covers the basics of creating app icons, how to use Visual Studio to manage them, and how manage them manually, should you need to.

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