Are there any other apps that have animated or changing icons? I only know the Apple ones , calendar and clock.

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    1 month ago

    IIRC, the clock and calendar ones are a hack, with code in Springboard actually drawing the icons. Or at least that’s how it was at the start.

    Maybe they’ve refactored it into a private API by now, though any such API would involve icon-drawing app extensions sort of like widgets, which seems a bit heavy if only a few system apps will have it as a gimmick.

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      1 month ago

      Same deal on Android. OEM launcher apps override the app icons for the OEM’s calendar and clock apps, and there is no way for a different app to achieve the same effect.