Submission Artwork for All* Platforms

It can be a pain to track down the submission asset requirements for Roku, Fire TV, Android and Apple, as they tend to place the actual requirements spread out across a few different developer and design guidelines websites. Here it is for anyone who needs it, current as of 4/2018.

Roku
Channel Assets

• Channel Poster (540x405, no alpha, required) – These are essentially the app icons
• Channel Splash Screen (1920x1080, no alpha, required)

https://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc/Graphics

Search Artwork
This artwork must look similar to your channel poster. Only required if participating in Roku search

• Teaser Logo (143x113, transparent, PNG, square corners)
• Small Logo (165x60, transparent, PNG, rounded corners)

Search Artwork templates: https://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc/Roku+Search#RokuSearch-SearchArtwork

Screenshots
- Up to six (1920x1080, JPEG or PNG)

Screenshot instructions: https://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc/Developer+Settings

Fire TV
General Assets

• Small icon (114x114, transparent, required)
• Large icon (512x512, transparent, required)
• Promotional Image (1024x500, JPEG or PNG, no alpha, optional/recommended)

Fire TV Assets

• App Icon (1280x720, no alpha, PNG, required)
• Background image (1920x1080, JPEG or PNG, no alpha, required) Look at link below for example
• Featured Content background (1920x720, no alpha, JPEG or PNG, optional) - Showcase image that goes at top of app
• Featured Content Logo (640x260, transparency optional, 24-bit PNG, optional) - Logo that goes on top of Featured Content background at top of app
• Featured Content trailer - Promotional video for your app, see specs at link below

https://developer.amazon.com/docs/app-submission/asset-guidelines.html#firetvassets

Screenshots

• Up to 10, minimum of 3 (1920x1080, JPEG or PNG)

Screenshot instructions: https://developer.amazon.com/docs/app-submission/taking-screenshots.html

Google Play

• High-res icon (512x512, transparent, PNG), should look like app's icon, max size 1024Kb
• Feature graphic (1024x500, JPEG or PNG, no alpha) - Not required, but recommended if you want to be featured
• TV Banner (1280x720, JPEG or PNG, no alpha, required), should look like TV app icon

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/1078870#feature_graphic_requirements

Screenshots

• Up to 8 per supported device, minimum of 2 (1920x1080, JPEG or PNG)
• If you want your app eligible for "Designed for Tablets" section, you need to add tablet screenshots
• TV apps need at least one TV screenshot

Apple
iOS

• App Store Icon (1024x1024)
• App Previews (optional) See link below

https://developer.apple.com/ios/human-interface-guidelines/icons-and-images/image-size-and-resolution/

tvOS Assets
Only screenshots are part of the submission process. All other required/optional graphics are part of the build.

• App Store Icon (1280x768, no alpha, required) - Should match home screen icon in appearance
• Home Screen Icon (400x240, no alpha, required)
• Launch image (1920x1080@1x, 3840x2160@2x/4K, no alpha, required) - Essentially the splash.
• Top Shelf: Static image (2320x720@1x, 4640x1440@2x/4K, no alpha, required) - Shows when user places app in top row of home
• Top Shelf: Scrolling Inset Banner (1940x692@1x, 3880x1384@2x/4K, no alpha, optional) - Displays banners when app is in top row of home, showcases content. Minimum of 3 recommended.
• App Previews (optional) See link below

https://help.apple.com/itunes-connect/developer/#/dev4e413fcb8

https://developer.apple.com/tvos/human-interface-guidelines/icons-and-images/

Screenshots

• You must provide a set for all device types (iPhone, iPad, TV)
• iPhone, you need one set for 5.5" display, for iPad, one set for 12.9" display
• iPhone - 1242x2208 for portrait, 2208x1242 for landscape
• iPad - 2048x2732 for portrait, 2732x2048 for landscape
• TV - 1920x1080 (required), 3840x2160 (optional)
• JPEG or PNG, no alpha
• At least one per supported device

https://help.apple.com/itunes-connect/developer/#/devd274dd925

https://help.apple.com/itunes-connect/developer/#/dev910472ff2

My iOS Must-Haves

• PS View - While on the same Wi-Fi network, Using Remote Connection in Photoshop you can see your PSD's real-time on your iPhone. This has become a great tool for mobile design; for figuring out font sizes, button sizes and just getting a feel for how your app will look on the device. You can always email yourself pictures, but that's just dumb.
• Check (formerly Pageonce) - I've been using this app to get my finances in order. Gives me a real-time snapshot of my money, portfolio, debt and credit score. Love it.
• Rowmote - Control your Mac while on the same Wi-Fi network. I use this so I don't have to get up and put on the next Game of Thrones (I connect my laptop to my TV via HDMI). Gives you player controls, a touchpad (with gesturing support) and keyboard. So there's really nothing you can't do.
• Evernote - Notes app that syncs to the cloud, so I have access to my notes no matter which device I'm using. I make notes on my phone and can access them on my laptop and vice versa.
• Waze - Crowd-sourcing maps application. Real-time information about traffic speeds, accidents, visible cops, something in the road, as well as navigation all from other users. So good Google bought them for $1.1B a couple months ago.
• Redbox - I use this app to rent my DVD's before I get to the kiosk, so all I need to do is put in my CC and out comes the movie. I sometimes use it when I'm waiting behind someone in line and snipe their movies.

Got any to add?

To be continued...

iOS 7 Bugs / Missing Features / Issues / UX - Part 2

Beta 3 has been out for nearly 3 weeks now. I didn't write about beta 2, not that anyone is actually reading this, but even for my own sanity, I never got around to it. There are still quite a few bugs (as is expected with betas), so here is a small list of the ones that are still bugging me.

• Camera Focus - The camera still won't focus up close. This one is a real pain for me, as it affects every day use. Even simple shots 2-3 feet away sometimes won't focus.
• Some apps become unusable - This may be an app issue, and maybe not an iOS issue, but some apps' buttons eventually stop working, and I have to restart the app in order to make it work properly.
• Apps with custom dialog boxes may not work properly - I've had apps lock up on me once their custom dialog boxes appear, as there's no way to close the popup and it renders the app useless. I know this because our app is one of them. Doh!
• Notification banner gets in the way! - This was an issue with iOS 6 as well, but there really needs to be a close X button on the notification banners. If I'm getting navigation, if I'm on the phone, or if I simply need to access to the top level navigation in an app, my new message banners get in the way with no way to close them.
• Parallax really isn't that cool. I don't even notice it anymore. Not a game changer as some fanbois are claiming.
• When you close an app that was opened from within a folder, you're still in that folder. I really don't like this. There are times I want to quickly get somewhere else, and this feels like an extra step.lo

teehan+lax at it again - iOS 7 GUI PSD

http://www.teehanlax.com/tools/ios7/

Their PSD's have been getting better and better. Most everything is vector and very accurate. Some of the earlier PSD's had issues and obvious omissions, but teehan+lax, you're making the world a better place.

iOS 7 Bugs / Missing Features / Issues

I haven't written for a long time, not that anyone is listening anyway. I have been finding lots of issues with iOS 7 beta, so I figured why not post them here. Not only can I keep track of these for my own sanity, maybe Apple will stumble across this post and fix things/make note/or hire me. Pow.

- Kik Messenger not working - Kik crashes upon launch and has been completely unusable since I upgraded to iOS 7 beta. Kik released an updated app that fixes this issue.

- Instagram Photos disappearing - Photos disappear when you scroll back up to them.

- Control Panel gets stuck - sometimes the slide up control panel gets stuck, and when it finally disappears, the area of the phone's screen that it was stuck on becomes unusable. (buttons not clickable, etc.)

- Facebook - Buttons on slide out menu at the top are unusable. Headerbar color has changed to purple on pieces. notifications don't seem to work correctly. I'll see 6 on my badge, go in and see 2.

- Foursquare - Search area background has same purple header issue as Facebook above.

- Brightness - At times, the phone will be super dark, and no amount of adjusting brightness will fix. I have to turn off the screen to fix.

- App Store not clearing updated apps - I can't clear my updated apps list.

- Email Badge Number not changing - I erased about 2000 unread emails on Gmail, and the badge on my email app has yet to adjust. It's been a day.

- New Camera UI/UX is horrendous - It's very hard to figure out that you need to swipe the bottom to change the type of picture being taken. It's also done very poorly. Take a look at how Path does photo vs. video. It's simple and much better than the native camera app.

- Quick jump letters on lists (like phone contacts) are misaligned.

- Parallax has made some badges appear on the wrong screen.

- Autofocus not working well on camera - I can't get the camera to focus on close shots, like pictures of my computer screen, etc. I generally need this for submitting my company expenses (many receipts are digital, and apps like Concur let me submit pictures of them). This one is really bad for me. I can't focus on any close-up objects.

- Lock screen often overlays time/caller name with audio player controls.

- Siri's voice seems very slow (beta 2)

- Timestamps are not correct on iMessages. No Timestamps showing since 12 (it's after 4). (Beta 2)

- Cursor often disappears when zoomed into text fields

- Can we get Timestamps for every message? Hide it under the "more" menu if you have to

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UPDATE:
Beta 2 out today: http://news.yahoo.com/ios-7-beta-2-full-change-log-now-173332250.html

Things I hate about my Macbook #4

Can't sort by image bit depth in Finder

This one really bugs me. For a platform that is supposed to be designer friendly, this one boggles my mind. I work mostly in tablets and mobile, so file sizes and bit depths play a big role in what I do. For performance reasons, keeping each of those attributes low adds to a better user experience. If I can export something at 8-bit and loose no quality, I will do so.

Often I need to do batch scaling. I don't want to export 8-bit PNGs as 24/32 bit, so I like to run these batches separately. On a PC (Vista and above), you can sort by bit depth in Explorer. I can quickly see 8, 24, 32 (and even 1, 2, 4). I cannot find a way to do this on a Mac. Even looking at Get Info, I can see that the bit depth displayed in there is either wrong, or it's based on direct color, not image bit-depth.

UGH.

Things I hate about my Macbook #3

No Delete Button

The delete button on a Mac acts like a Backspace button on Windows. It deletes left, not right, and it won't delete files. Some programs have programmed the button to behave the way I expect it to, but not Apple.

It took me 2 weeks to figure out I had somewhat similar functionality of the Window's Delete key by making sure I hit Command-Delete.

I guess that will work.