Display the date on the app icon
Stachu Strzyżewski
Hi there
Is there a way to change the way the app icon displays current datę? I know it can place the figure into the app's badge but it too easy to be mistaken as they look exactly the same as notifications. Hope it's possible to add it.
Fantastic app!!!
Happy New Year!
Stan
Simon Burbidge
Hi Stan. Thanks for your message. Unfortunately this is not currently possible.
Since iOS10.3, Apple has indeed allowed us to change the app's icon, but there are two important restrictions that they've put in place that mean it is currently impossible for us to display the date on the icon itself in a satisfactory way:
- It is impossible for us to change the icon without a pop-up showing to tell you that we've done it. Every day therefore, the pop-up would display telling you about the new icon.
- It is impossible for us to change the icon when the app is in the background. This would mean therefore that the icon was out of date until you opened the app in the morning.
We've logged a request with Apple that they change these restrictions in order to allow us to show the date on the icon, but have no indication that this will happen. If it does change, then we'll get going on it straight away.
I'll leave this suggestion open so that everyone can see this answer, and so we can keep you informed if any progress is made.
Thanks again, and sorry I can't give you better news on this one.
Simon
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alex Oliveira
OK, I am in my outrage to being pissed at Apple, but that makes sense that they wouldn't allow you to have the same privilege that they do with the Calendar app
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alex Oliveira
There's no way people have been asking for this for seven years and you haven't done it
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Dan W
Amen!! I would LOVE if the App Icon showed the current date!
Much needed and would gain more users!
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Fornik Tsai
I need it too.
Simon Burbidge
Merged in a post:
Visualization of the day on the app icon
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Daniel
Insted of having a number as a notification showing as the day, change it so the icon of the app show the day we are on
Simon Burbidge
Merged in a post:
Date on App Icon
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Cesar Langa
Many of us don’t like having a red badge to show us the current day because it feels like we have “unread” items. Please add an option of adding the day
inside
the app icon, similar to the iPhone native calendar app.Simon Burbidge
Merged in a post:
Show Date in App Icon
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Daniel bo
With the new possibility for developers to let users change the App Icon there should be a way to show the current day in the App Icon of Timepage
Simon Burbidge
Hi all.
This specific feature is still not going to be possible in iOS14, however, the new widgets offer a great deal of flexibility.
The 4x4 widget, although larger than an app icon, is effectively a large and very dynamic icon, and we will be able to show a whole range of information on there. Tapping the widget will then open the app, just like an icon would.
Not possible to show as many on screen as you would icons, but I think for your key apps this will be a great solution, and one that we're very keen to support as soon as possible.
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Jennifer Bodnar
Simon Burbidge: is it possible to have a widget; like the weather one, that displays just the current date?
Simon Burbidge
Jennifer Bodnar: Hi Jennifer, this is certainly possible! 😉
france clavecilla
Yes please! This was a feature before but now I don't have it.
Josh Patrick
Yes please!!
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