Mastering Icon Composer Create Stunning App Icons

Apple’s new Icon Composer, introduced at WWDC25, is a powerful tool for creating layered, liquid-glass icons for iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch, and more—and it’s already bundled inside Xcode 26.

In this video, I’ll walk you through everything you need to know to get started. You’ll learn:
• How to launch Icon Composer (no extra download required)
• How to explore and recreate the Landmarks sample app icon
• How to manage groups, layers, lighting, and preview modes
•How to integrate your custom icons directly into your Xcode projects
• How to use SF Symbols, or PNG assets to design icons

Whether you’re a designer or not, Icon Composer makes it easy to bring your app icons to life with depth, tinting, and platform-specific previews. Plus, I’ll share Apple’s official templates and third-party resources to help streamline your design process.

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Table of Contents:
0:00 Introduction
1:50 Icon Composer Interface
8:32 Recreating Landmarks App Icon
13:36 Saving and Installing the icon in Xcode
17:04 Creating an icon from scratch

Icon Resources:: https://www.createchsol.com/StarterPr...
Completed Project: None

References mentioned in video:
Icon Composer: https://developer.apple.com/icon-comp...

Apple Documentation: https://developer.apple.com/documenta...

WWDC 25 Video: https://developer.apple.com/videos/pl...

Sample Code Library: https://developer.apple.com/documenta...

Design Resources: https://developer.apple.com/design/re...

Figma Link: https://www.figma.com/community/file/...

Sketch: https://www.sketch.com/s/0ee52d20-8da...

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