Composer icon not available with Xcode 4.3?

Question

I am trying to find Icon Composer, which was supposedly downloaded as part of Xcode, but I can not find it in applications or in the spotlight.

Any ideas where this might be, or if I should download it separately? If yes, where from? I tried to find it in the App Store, but found nothing.

Edit: I am using Xcode 4.3.2 if this helps.

Answer 1

New versions

As in Xcode 4.4, Icon Composer is no longer associated with the IDE. However, you can still download the program from the Apple developer download web page ( developer.apple.com/downloads/ )

Search for "Graphics Tools" and download the latest version of the tools, which is currently the version for Xcode 5.1

Old versions

In Xcode 4.3.1 and later, Icon Composer can be located in this directory.

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Applications/

In your applications folder, right-click on Xcode and click on “Show Package Contents”.

EDIT: to make this answer as complete as possible.

However, in versions of Xcode 4.2 and below, the icon composer may still be in the following directory.

/ Developer / Applications / Utilities

And of course, as Dave DeLong said below, Icon Composer can also be obtained through Xcode by going to the Xcode Menu → Open Developer Tool → Icon Composer.

Answer 2

MDT is correct that the application is now linked inside Xcode.app, but there is an easier way to get to it:

Answer 3

Icon Composer cannot be used to create Macinta Retina compatible icons, and the application should no longer be used. It is no longer associated with the latest versions of Xcode.

Instead, you create the "foobar.iconset" directory and fill it with png images of the required size, and then drag and drop them into the image in Xcode, which then creates the .icns file at build time.

Currently, the png files you need to create (none are required, but everything is recommended):

• icon_16x16.png
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• icon_32x32.png
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• icon_128x128.png
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• icon_256x256.png
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• icon_512x512.png
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You can also manually create the icns file using the iconutil command-line iconutil .

Official documentation and more details: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/GraphicsAnimation/Conceptual/HighResolutionOSX/Optimizing/Optimizing.html

Answer 4

You looked into ...

 /Developer/Applications/Utilities 

There is a mine here.