Custom tiles - icons

[FishCustard]

I'm probably being a numpty here (not helped by the fact that I have a cold and therefore my brain feels like a 486 trying to run Windows 8), but I can't seem to figure out how I can set an icon for a custom tile.

 

The icons all seem to be loaded from an /api/... URL - do I need to add my icons to a config file so that they're served up via the API? When I try putting an absolute URI into the HAP crashes as it's expecting a virtual path in that attribute.

[nickbro]

Save the image in the images folder, and use ~/images/image.png. The system then processes that image looks for what colour it is, and does some resizing, which is why it references /api/

[FishCustard]

I've done that (PNG image directly in the image folder, referenced as ~/images/imagename.png) but I just get a blank image in the tile.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks.

[nickbro]

None, that should work, can you check the hapConfig.xml has the correct path ~/images/imagename.png

[FishCustard]

Yep, the XML tag is:

 

 

No dashes, underscores or other oddities in the image name either.

 

Is there a way to point it to an absolute image path as a backup?

[nickbro]

Ok, that's odd, can you try going to /hap/api/tiles/icons/64/64/images/imagename.png

[FishCustard]

I get a blank image (no ASP.NET error, but just an image file with nothing in) - is there a specific format the images have to be in? The original is the same size as the in-built tiles.

[FishCustard]

Does HAP cache these images at all? If so can the cache be cleared? In the course of testing I tried editing an existing image and the changes didn't seem to show up...!

[nickbro]

Yes hap does cache them, delete the contents of the icons folder in app_Data

[FishCustard]

Aha! Fixed, thank you!

 

I feel rather silly for not noticing a folder called 'iconcache' before now...