Newsstand icon not updating

Question

Ive been trying to figure this out now for over a week and for some reason, no matter what i do, the newsstand icon is not updating via code.

I have read through the Apple developer documentation and tripple checked my image dimensions and they are all correct. I even went and created a new class just for updating the newsstand icon.

Anyway, here is my code:

#import "NewsstandIcon.h"
#import <NewsstandKit/NewsstandKit.h>
@implementation NewsstandIcon

-(void)setIcon:(NSString *)withURL
{
    // TEMPORARY OVERRIDE
    withURL = @"http://www.imgtag.me/735x1024";

    _downloadedData = [[NSMutableData alloc] init];
    [_downloadedData setLength: 0];

    NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:withURL]];
    NSURLConnection *conn = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request delegate:self];
    NSLog(@"[ICON DOWNLOAD] Starting download");
}

// DOWNLOAD METHODS
- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveResponse:(NSHTTPURLResponse *)response {
    if ([response statusCode] == 404)
    {
        NSLog(@"[ICON DOWNLOAD] Failed - Error 404 - File not found");
        [connection cancel];
    }
}

- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveData:(NSData *)data {
    NSLog(@"[ICON DOWNLOAD] Received Data");
    [_downloadedData appendData:data];
}

- (void)connectionDidFinishLoading:(NSURLConnection *)connection {
    NSLog(@"[ICON DOWNLOAD] Completed. Length %d", [_downloadedData length]);
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setNewsstandIconImage: [[UIImage alloc] initWithData: _downloadedData]];

    NSLog(@"[ICON DOWNLOAD] Setting Icon");
}

- (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didFailWithError:(NSError *)error {
    NSLog(@"[ICON DOWNLOAD] Failed - %@", [error description]);
}
@end

And this outputs:

2014-03-08 16:53:24.308 magazine[3590:70b] [ICON DOWNLOAD] Received Data
2014-03-08 16:53:24.308 magazine[3590:70b] [ICON DOWNLOAD] Completed. Length 12833
2014-03-08 16:53:25.892 magazine[3590:70b] [ICON DOWNLOAD] Setting Icon

I also had the downloaded image write to the local file system. I then browsed to the file and the image was fully intact and readable.

As you can see in the code, i have temporarily overwritten the withURL parameter of the setIcon method. I have tried this with many images and none of them work. You can see the file size in my output.

When i call setNewsstandIcon i get no warnings in my output and the icon just stays as the default icon.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

Can you check if the UIImage actually not nil after that call? — Enrico Susatyo, Mar 13 '14 at 10:55
I have a similar issue.. sometimes it updates, sometimes it won't. — Bastian, Mar 18 '14 at 15:58

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 24 '14 at 18:58

If your icon doesn't follow the specifications it will result in a nil icon. take a look at this: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/MobileHIG/NewsstandIcons.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006556-CH28-SW1

note: remember to set a uiimage with scale 2 for retina

Newsstand icon not updating

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