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Asset Catalogs is missing in my iOS project. How can I add it to my iOS project?

Kim Strasser 1,551 Reputation points
2025-10-26T14:50:50.3033333+00:00

I have created a new iOS project in Visual Studio Community 2026 Insiders Version 11121.172 but Asset Catalogs is missing.

In my old Visual Studio Community 2022 iOS project I have the Asset Catalogs:

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But in my iOS project in VS Community 2026 Insiders there is no option to add the Source in Info.plist:

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How can I add Asset Catalogs in VS Community 2026 Insiders to my iOS project? I want to add my app icons to Asset Catalogs.

Developer technologies | .NET | .NET MAUI
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  1. Michael Le (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 3,665 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-10-27T07:18:14.9966667+00:00

    Hello Kim,

    Thank you for reaching out.

    iOS Asset Catalogs are currently unsupported in .NET MAUI single projects, as documented by Microsoft.

    The recommended approach is to use Resources folder of your MAUI project.

    For App Icons:

    1. Place your app icon in the Resources/AppIcon/ folder
    2. Name it appicon.png (or use the default appiconfg.svg for vector-based icons)
    3. Set the build action to MauiIcon
    4. MAUI will automatically generate all required icon sizes for iOS during build

    For Images:

    1. Place images in Resources/Images/ folder
    2. Set build action to MauiImage
    3. MAUI handles density-specific generation automatically

    I hope this clarifies your issue.

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