The UWP Visual Assets Generator creates all the visual assets needed for an UWP app. You can also choose the width of your icon within the asset. It can use SVG (no scaling problems) or PNG/JPG/GIF. The generated files can be added automatically to project and Package.appxmani...
The UWP Visual Assets Generator creates all the visual assets needed for an UWP app. You can also choose the width of your icon within the asset.
Key features:
Uses SVG by default to avoid scaling problems.
Type of asset can selected, you can use different icons for every asset type.
Generated files can be added automatically to project and Package.appxmanifest.
You can fine-tune the width of the logo.
Generates files for every scaling or size, not only the recommended ones.
Using the UWP Visual Assets Generator
Create Logo Preferred format is SVG because it's a vector format and has no problems with scaling. The logo should be square and should have no additional space around it. You could use Inkscape (Freeware) or Adobe Illustrator to create a logo.
Add logo(s) to your project You can simply drag and drop the file(s) to your Assets (or another) folder.
Open the Tool Window View -> Other Windows -> UWP Visual Assets Generator
Refresh Project List Click refresh and the list of projects is updated.
Select Project from the List This is important because the Package.appxmanifest file in the selected project will be updated.
Select the Input File Select the file you want to use for the visual assets. Supported formats are SVG (preferred), PNG, GIF and JPG.
Select the Output folder The output folder will be predefined with the Assets folder whenever you choose a project. But you can also change the folder. It's a good idea to choose a seperate folder if you have also other files in your Assets folder.
Select the Asset Type You can generate all assets or only spefific ones. So you can also use different icons for different asset types.
Fine Tune the Icon Width The icon width is preset to the defaults defined by Microsoft. If you want to use another size, expand the width settings with "Width of Logo in Asset". You can change the width for every individual asset type.
Select small logo format Select if you want plated or unplated small icons (app list, taskbar, ...).
Generate Click the "Generate" button and your assets will be created. If you selected "Add to Project and Manifest" the generated files will be added to your project and the Package.appxmanifest file will be changed.
Check the Result Open the Package.appxmanifest and select the tab "Visual Assets". If you see no red cross everything should be ok. If not you have propably additional image files and Visual Studio can not decide which one it should use. Run the app and check the different logos (tile, applist, task bar, splashscreen).
Version History
1.6
Fix for VS2017 final release
1.5
Support for VS2017 added
Images for Badge logos will be checked for correct colors
Known Issues
Inkscape sometimes generates SVG files which produce undesired results after conversion to PNG. Especially text is problematic. I have to do further investigations how this can be avoided. BTW Illustrator files are ok.
