Bug: Custom AIR Application icons on Mac OS X don't display after install

Report · Nov 02, 2010

There are circumstances where custom AIR application icons don't display in certain Finder views after installation.

This is apparent when viewing the application in a docked folder popup. The icon renders as a blank with a sort of no entry slash across it. Another example where this occurs is in a Downloads folder in the Dock (if you immediately create an alias to the app in the your Downloads folder, and your Downloads folder is in the Dock).

In addition, the maximum icon size of 128x128 really not that large. I wish AIR applications could have larger icons, like real applications.

Report · Nov 03, 2010

I've seen this occur with numerous applications (native OS X and AIR) and typically restarting the dock (rebooting or logout/login) fixes it for me. Doing a quick search on Google show's that it's a pretty common occurrence. Are you still seeing this occur after rebooting?

As for the large icon support, I would like to encourage you to vote for the following two feature requests!

Application Icon Size

512x512 Icon Support

Thanks,

Chris

Report · Nov 03, 2010

A restart of the Finder or reboot does address the issue, as a workaround.

I still find funny things going on with the icons though, such as when they appear in system level alerts it seems that the smaller than 128 pixel image is being used and blown up (ack).

Thanks for the links Chris!