Can someone tell me more about how iOS prioritizes bookmark icon display and if it's possible to show an icon that's different than the favicon? Thanks
When submitting a apple-touch-icon to iOS Safari, it is using this icon for both home screen shortcut and bookmark. More precisely, when running RealFaviconGenerator's favicon compatibility test, iOS Safari 9 is using the 180x180 Touch icon in both cases.
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