Is it possible to use transparency in an iPhone app icon?

Question

I created a 57×57 circular icon (without shine) which has transparency outside of the circle for my app. I can successfully install the app on Simulator and iPhone. It works fi

Answer 1

Make all of your transparent areas black. Then add a UIPrerenderedIcon key with a value of "YES" to your applications Info.plist.

Otherwise it will appear shiny on the users phone.