Things keep changing during the beta. It's very frustrating since Apple doesn't document anywhere what the correct approach is (or will be by the end of the beta). And there's still no word on how to support alternate app icons with Icon Composer icons.
I've noticed that what I posted here last became obsolete as of beta 3. iOS 18 has been showing a version of the glass icon since then.
It makes much more sense for iOS 18 and lower to keep using the old Assets app icons and for iOS 26+ to use the new glass icons. I don't like the fact that Apple assumes everyone will want the new fancy iOS 26 icon to appear on devices with older versions of iOS. I'm fine with that being an option, but let developers choose how they want their apps to appear and which icons to use.
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Developer Tools & Services
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Xcode
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