Put All Images in Asset Catalog?

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ma11hew28 picture ma11hew28 · Sep 25, 2013 · Viewed 7.5k times · Source

I started a new project in Xcode 5.

  1. What is this Images.xcassets shenanigans?

    Am I supposed to put the various images I'm using for my app (like button images & stuff) in there or only the AppIcon & LaunchImage?

    I see I can create a new folder in Images.xcassets. Should I create a folder called "Button Icons" or whatever and just throw them in there?

    See, but I just want to add some retina images to my target.

    I'm only supporting iOS 7. So, I don't need to worry about other formats like non-retina.

    Why did they make this so complicated and not document it at all? Why do I need these extra Contents.json files?

    It looks like I can uncheck (remove) Images.xcassets from the target but not the individual image files within the asset catalog.

    Can I just do things the old way or would I be missing out on compression/performance enhancements?

  2. Is there a setting I can set so that my app treats all image files as retina images even if they dont have the @2x suffix in their filename?

Answer

ma11hew28 picture ma11hew28 · Sep 25, 2013

  1. In the "What's New in Xcode 5" WWDC 2013 Session Video, the speaker says Image.xcassets "collects all of your image-based resources, such as your launch images, icons, loose images that you use in your project, together into one place."

    "Also, Xcode knows about new iOS 7 APIs and so can even optimize the loading of your image-based resources." I'm assuming "it does it for you automatically" as long as you put your images in Image.xcassets (or another asset catalog included in your target).

    So, I suggest you suck it up, and adapt or die.

  2. I don't know.

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