electronwindows-store-appselectron-builderappx

Electron appx default electron icon used in start menu

I am trying to submit my electron app to the windows store but whenever I do It gets rejected for this reason:

App Policies: 10.1.1 Inaccurate Representation - Icon

Notes To Developer

The available product tile icons include a default image. Tile icons must uniquely represent product so users associate icons with the appropriate products and do not confuse one product for another. For information about tiles see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/controls-and-patterns/tiles-and-notifications-app-assets, or for 3D icons for Mixed Reality products, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/3d-app-launcher-design-guidance.

I asked for more info and got a video showing that my app is using the default electron icon and thats the reason for it getting rejected, I've tried everything to make sure my app never uses the default electron icon but no luck.

In order to build, sign, and submit my appx file, I run the following commands on then appxBuild branch of this repo: https://github.com/MartinBarker/RenderTune/tree/appxBuild

  1. Run electron-builder build --win to build the dist/win-unpacked folder enter image description here

  2. Run the following powershell command to sign my appx file and export it to the folder output-appx:

electron-windows-store --input-directory C:\Users\marti\Documents\projects\RenderTune\dist\win-unpacked --output-directory C:\Users\marti\Documents\projects\RenderTuneAppx --package-version 0.0.2.0 --package-name RenderTune --package-display-name 'RenderTune' --publisher-display-name `martinbarker' --identity-name 1845martinbarker.digify -a C:\Users\marti\Documents\projects\RenderTune\Resources\

If I click the outputted appx file and install it, I can see my custom icon being used enter image description here

Except for if I search for my app in the windows explorer menu I see the default electron app icon and I can't for the life of me figure out how to fix this issue. enter image description here

The finished \output-appx\RenderTune.appx file can be uploaded and submitted to my windows store app page fine so I dont think the credentials signing are incorrect, but once it gets reviewed it always gets rejected with this tile rejection message.

I've tried following various different guides on how to submit an electron app to the windows store online: https://www.electron.build/configuration/appx https://www.electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/windows-store-guide https://blog.mifi.no/2020/03/31/automated-electron-build-with-release-to-mac-app-store-microsoft-store-snapcraft/ https://github.com/MartinBarker/RenderTune/tree/appxBuild/build/appx) How to fix 'The available app icons include a default icon' when publishing an electron app to windows store?

And made sure I have a folder build/appx and resources/ that have all my needed image files: enter image description here

Inside my package.json for the build windows section I specify my icon as an ico file:

    "win": {
      "target": ["appx"],
      "extraResources": [
        "node_modules/ffmpeg-ffprobe-static/ffmpeg.exe",
        "node_modules/ffmpeg-ffprobe-static/ffprobe.exe"
      ],
      "icon": "build/icon.ico",
      
    "appx": {
      "applicationId": "RenderTune",
      "identityName": "1845martinbarker.digify",
      "publisher": "CN=E69B865D-5831-4BE5-9AA4-08E27DAAD66C",
      "publisherDisplayName": "martinbarker",
      "backgroundColor":"#a0beeb"
    }
Solution

  • Fixed, I was missing a tile image png file