iOS 18 Icons
I’ve been busy with making a few substantial updates to MapKeep this summer so I avoided touching the betas. The main item on my todo list is supporting the new app icon tinting and I’m glad I waited. It’s great seeing what many apps have done, courtesy of the App Icon chapter in Federico Viticci’s iOS 18 review. Now I have some fresh ideas and hope to release something in the next week or so.
Update September 20, 2024: After using iOS 18 more I've noticed how glaring apps look that don't support the new icon styles. It's not for me, at least not yet, but it shines a big light on apps that don't update. Some will translate just fine but more colorful icons like NetNewsWire and my own just get lazily darkened by 20%. iOS 13, when Dark Mode was introduced, was not this noticeable: now without even opening apps you can see which apps have done the work and which haven't.
I don't begrudge Apple with how they rolled this out, just an observation.
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