Add iOS/Android home screen icon when using "Add to Home Screen" option in the share menu

[overflowy]

I created an icon in Figma and added it to the template file to make the shortcut icon look better on the home screen. Resource files have been added to /assets.

Before:

After:

[overflowy]

Closed because this pull request should've been made in the frontend repository.

[darekkay]

Hey @overflowy , thanks for providing this pull request! 🙂

Yes, the change has to be applied in the other repository, but I can take this up.

Some thoughts:

• We should keep the favicon and home screen icons in sync. I'm not a designer, and the current favicon is a quick mix of two existing icons (bookmark and thunder). I like the idea of having this combination, fitting the name "static marks", but your suggested icon has an overall better feel. So I'm fine replacing the favicon with a new design as well.
• When I look at the icon, it immediately looks like a thunder. But after a few seconds it "disintegrates". Someone told me it looks like a "yoyo" and now I cannot unsee it 😅
• The icon looks nice and simple - but it introduces a risk of being too similar to some other - possibly copyrighted - logos. After a quick search I have found this and this and this.

What do you think? Do you see any chance to address my points, possibly by having a try at the initial thunder + bookmark combination idea?

[overflowy]

Hey @darekkay

I think you're right, we should definitely keep the icons in sync. The original icon's meaning didn't initially click for me, but now that you explained it clearly I also think we should stick to it 😄

These are the new variations:

Favicon

Home screen icon

As you can see, the flash looks more like a flash and less like a yoyo 😁

Regarding your last concern, I couldn't find anything that looks too similar with new the icon:

All in all, I hope you like the new design 🤞

Do you want me to make another pull request in the other repo?

[darekkay]

Awesome, thanks for all the work, the icons look great! Can you please also provide the SVGs, so we can store them for future reference (e.g. to create other sizes)?
I can take up the actual repository changes based on your work.

[overflowy]

Hey @darekkay, I created a pull request here: darekkay/static-marks-app#6

[darekkay]

@all-contributors please add @overflowy to maintenance

[allcontributors]

@darekkay

I've put up a pull request to add @overflowy! 🎉