flutter_icon_gen 1.0.0

A CLI tool that generates launcher icons for all Flutter platforms from a single image using icon.yaml config.

flutter_icon_gen

A CLI tool that automatically generates launcher icons for all Flutter platforms from a single source image.

Features

• Single command to generate icons for all platforms
• Supports Android, iOS, Web, Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Android adaptive icon support (foreground + background)
• Automatically updates web/manifest.json
• Simple icon.yaml configuration

Installation

Add to your pubspec.yaml:

dev_dependencies:
  flutter_icon_gen: ^0.1.0

Then run:

dart pub get

Usage

1. Create icon.yaml in your Flutter project root

icon:
  image_path: "assets/icon.png"
  platforms:
    android: true
    ios: true
    web: true
    windows: true
    macos: true
    linux: true

2. Run the generator

dart run flutter_icon_gen

To use a custom config file:

dart run flutter_icon_gen -c my_icon.yaml

Configuration

Field	Description	Default
icon.image_path	Path to the source image	Required
icon.platforms.android	Generate Android icons	true
icon.platforms.ios	Generate iOS icons	true
icon.platforms.web	Generate Web icons	false
icon.platforms.windows	Generate Windows icons	false
icon.platforms.macos	Generate macOS icons	false
icon.platforms.linux	Generate Linux icons	false
icon.android_icon_name	Android icon resource name	ic_launcher
icon.adaptive_icon.foreground	Adaptive icon foreground image	—
icon.adaptive_icon.background	Adaptive icon background (color or image path)	—

Full example

icon:
  image_path: "assets/icon.png"
  platforms:
    android: true
    ios: true
    web: true
    windows: true
    macos: true
    linux: true
  android_icon_name: "ic_launcher"
  adaptive_icon:
    foreground: "assets/icon_foreground.png"
    background: "#FFFFFF"

Generated icon sizes

Android

Directory	Size
mipmap-mdpi	48×48
mipmap-hdpi	72×72
mipmap-xhdpi	96×96
mipmap-xxhdpi	144×144
mipmap-xxxhdpi	192×192

Adaptive icon foreground layers are generated at 108px–432px, and XML descriptors are written to mipmap-anydpi-v26/.

iOS

All required sizes from 20×20 to 1024×1024, with Contents.json written automatically.

Web

File	Size
web/favicon.png	32×32
web/icons/Icon-192.png	192×192
web/icons/Icon-512.png	512×512
web/icons/Icon-maskable-192.png	192×192
web/icons/Icon-maskable-512.png	512×512

web/manifest.json icons field is updated automatically.

Windows

Generates windows/runner/resources/app_icon.ico and app_icon.png (256×256).

macOS

All required sizes from 16×16 to 1024×1024 (@1x and @2x), with Contents.json written automatically.

Linux

Icons generated following the freedesktop.org hicolor theme standard: linux/data/icons/hicolor/<size>x<size>/apps/app_icon.png for sizes 16, 32, 48, 64, 128, 256, and 512.

Requirements

• Dart SDK >= 3.0.0
• Supported image formats: PNG, JPG, BMP, GIF
• Recommended minimum source image size: 1024×1024 px

License

MIT

Flutter-Icon-Gen