@chapiter/favicons-webpack-plugin

Generate favicons using RealFaviconGenerator as part of your Webpack build process.

Install

yarn add --dev @chapiter/favicons-webpack-plugin

npm i --save-dev @chapiter/favicons-webpack-plugin

Usage

In your Webpack config:

webpack.config.js

const FaviconsWebpackPlugin = require('@chapiter/favicons-webpack-plugin');

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    new FaviconsWebpackPlugin({
      faviconJson: path.resolve(__dirname, 'favicon.json'),
      outputPath: 'assets/favicons', // relative path of `webpack` output path.
      inject: true
    })
  ]
}

The options are:

• faviconJson (required): the path to a JSON configuration file from the RFG website
• outputPath (required): the path where the plugin will output the favicon files generated from your config
• inject (optional): if true, hooks into HtmlWebpackPlugin to inject <link> tags for your favicons into your HTML

favicon.json

{
    "masterPicture": "TODO: Path to your master picture",
    "iconsPath": "/assets/favicons",
    "design": {
        "ios": {
            "masterPicture": {
                "type": "inline",
                "content": "[TODO: Copy the base64-encoded content of the image here]"
            },
            "pictureAspect": "backgroundAndMargin",
            "backgroundColor": "#ffffff",
            "margin": "0%",
            "assets": {
                "ios6AndPriorIcons": false,
                "ios7AndLaterIcons": false,
                "precomposedIcons": false,
                "declareOnlyDefaultIcon": true
            },
            "appName": "App Name"
        },
        "desktopBrowser": {
            "design": "background",
            "backgroundColor": "#ffffff",
            "backgroundRadius": 0.1,
            "imageScale": 1
        },
        "windows": {
            "masterPicture": {
                "type": "inline",
                "content": "[TODO: Copy the base64-encoded content of the image here]"
            },
            "pictureAspect": "whiteSilhouette",
            "backgroundColor": "#ff3333",
            "onConflict": "override",
            "assets": {
                "windows80Ie10Tile": false,
                "windows10Ie11EdgeTiles": {
                    "small": false,
                    "medium": true,
                    "big": false,
                    "rectangle": false
                }
            },
            "appName": "App Name"
        },
        "androidChrome": {
            "masterPicture": {
                "type": "inline",
                "content": "[TODO: Copy the base64-encoded content of the image here]"
            },
            "pictureAspect": "backgroundAndMargin",
            "margin": "0%",
            "backgroundColor": "#ffffff",
            "themeColor": "#ffffff",
            "manifest": {
                "name": "App Name",
                "startUrl": "[http://example]",
                "display": "standalone",
                "orientation": "notSet",
                "onConflict": "override",
                "declared": true
            },
            "assets": {
                "legacyIcon": false,
                "lowResolutionIcons": false
            }
        },
        "safariPinnedTab": {
            "masterPicture": {
                "type": "inline",
                "content": "[TODO: Copy the base64-encoded content of the image here]"
            },
            "pictureAspect": "silhouette",
            "themeColor": "#ff3333"
        }
    },
    "settings": {
        "scalingAlgorithm": "Mitchell",
        "errorOnImageTooSmall": false,
        "readmeFile": true,
        "htmlCodeFile": true,
        "usePathAsIs": false
    }
}

Note that the inject option requires you to be using html-webpack-plugin. It also requires you to have set settings.htmlCodeFile: true in your faviconJson configuration file (the "Generate html_code.html" option when generating the configuration on the RFG website).

Generated files

The plugin will generate files based on your configuration file. Generally these will include one or more favicon images, and possibly some browser- or device-specific files such as browserconfig.xml for IE11.