Desktop Icon Config

[bomshteyn]

Is there a way to replace the default NativePHP icon when publishing an app?

I looked through the configuration docs here: https://nativephp.com/docs/1/getting-started/configuration but don't see anyway to change the main icon.

The only reference to changing an icon i see is on the menubar: https://nativephp.com/docs/1/the-basics/menu-bar#menu-bar-icon

[hussainweb]

I couldn't find any configuration to do this but I got it working by overwriting the icon files in the package.

        "post-install-cmd": [
            // ...
            "cp resources/icons/Icon.png ./vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/resources/icon.png",
            "cp resources/icons/Icon.png ./vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/build/icon.png"
        ],
        "post-update-cmd": [
            // ...
            "cp resources/icons/Icon.png ./vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/resources/icon.png",
            "cp resources/icons/Icon.png ./vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/build/icon.png"
        ],

Of course, you need to create the resources/icons directory and place the Icon.png file in there.

[eugenefvdm]

Thanks @hussainweb this worked for me on Mac Apple Silicon.

[theoreaves]

Forgive me. I'm new to this type of development. What file is that?

[alnutile]

@theoreaves this is the composer.json file in the root of the project.

this area

    "scripts": {
        "post-autoload-dump": [
            "Illuminate\\Foundation\\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump",
            "@php artisan package:discover --ansi"
        ],
        "post-update-cmd": [
            "@php artisan vendor:publish --tag=laravel-assets --ansi --force"
        ],
        "post-root-package-install": [
            "@php -r \"file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');\""
        ],
        "post-create-project-cmd": [
            "@php artisan key:generate --ansi",
            "@php -r \"file_exists('database/database.sqlite') || touch('database/database.sqlite');\"",
            "@php artisan migrate --graceful --ansi"
        ],
        "serve": "php artisan native:serve",
        "fix": "vendor/bin/pint",
        "test": "php artisan test",
        "stan": "vendor/bin/phpstan analyse --memory-limit 2G"
    },

[peskybogle]

Just adding a comment here for others, as I couldn't work out why this wasn't working for me with a test icon.

It requires at least a 512px x 512px image. As soon as I used a larger png it started working fine.

[simonhamp]

A quick update, I opened a PR for this which is a much smoother approach. Closing this thread as this will be merged soon.