Qlik Sense Icon Generator (qs-icon-generator)

The requirements for a Qlik Sense App Icon are:

• Suitable format - ideally PNG file, but can be JPG, JPEG or GIF
• Correct size or aspect - actual size for the hub is 168x108 pixels (although the help site says 8:5 - https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/June2019/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Apps/change-thumbnail-app.htm, and in-app this is also different - there is now a support article on this topic https://support.qlik.com/articles/000080221).

Usage

This has been packaged as an extension, so just upload it under extensions in the QMC, then navigate to /extensions/qs-icon-generator/index.html to create some icons.

Example implementation:

Note that prior to use, you'll need to configure the background image, and optionally font colours and sizes in config.json.

Configuration

As of v2.0, configuration is via a config.json file. Two templates are included by default:

• qlik_green - uses a partially green background image with white app name text
• qlik_white - uses a fully white background image with dark text

To do

Current backlog:

• Add word splitting for app names with words longer than the full width (currently these overflow)
• Add handling for transparent background images
• Add handling for custom background colours
• Add integration with QRS API for auto generation, and to allow pushing into a defined content library

Done

• Initial version (v1.0)
• Add config for source image (source, scaling, opacity) or for a single colour background (v2.0)
• Add config for app name (font, colour, size, location) (v2.0)
• Add wrapping for app names (v2.0)
• Update wbl file to include correct references (v2.0.1)
• Add reference back to GitHub for future versions (v2.0.1)
• Update .gitignore to include mac and other formats (and remove from deployment package) (v2.0.1)

Updates

v2.0.1

• Updated wbl file to include correct references for editing in the dev-hub
• Add reference back to GitHub for future versions
• Tidied unwanted system files and gitignore
• Renamed plugin to align repository, estension and intended purpose

v2.0

• Moved to using releases
• Tidied up readme and other files around the extension
• Introduced "templates". These are be defined in config.json so that the user can then select between different themes
• Changed file naming so that all alphanumeric characters are permitted in the download file name
• Added some limited error output

v1.0

• Initial version