Agreed, it does feel clumsy

thanks, I’ll take a look. I’ve used that approach in the past (see useyourloaf.com/blog/scenest...) not sure why I’m not doing it here

that’s a good point, not sure it’s possible but would be nice to have as a fallback

Yes, I had the same problem, the WWDC video skips over what you’re supposed to do. In theory, the icon is backwards compatible so you only get the glass effect on iOS 26. In practice, seems there are some rendering issues on older versions.

I found a workaround to the problem with Icon Composer not working for alternate app icons. Manually adding keys to the target's Info.plist seems to fix it for now. Seems to need separate keys for the ~ipad variant. Hopefully Apple fixes this soon. #Xcode useyourloaf.com/blog/adding-...

Here's what worked for me in the end after comparing to what Xcode generates for app icons in the asset catalog. The iPad variant seems to be necessary for it to work there. Hopefully Apple fixes Xcode in a future beta,

Thanks. One difference I can see is that I don't have the CFBundleAlternateIcons key listed in the Info.plist file. (I'm also using a SwiftUI app life-cycle but not sure that's relevant). Will play some more. Thanks again!

Not working for me in beta 2

Interesting, will have another look. To be clear you didn’t have to add the icons to the asset catalog?

Yes, I've seen that. Very frustrating. Hope Apple fixes that soon. I'll add a note to the post. Thanks.