#How to use .png as browser icon?

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craggy iris
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How can I use a .png in the /assets folder instead of a favicon.ico file for the browser icon?

drifting widgetBOT
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Hi @craggy iris. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave:

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To use a .png file as the browser icon in a Next.js application, you can follow these steps:

  1. Place your .png file within the /public directory in the root of your project. This directory is used by Next.js to serve static files. For example, if your file is named icon.png, you would place it in /public/icon.png.

  2. Next, you need to add a link tag in the <head> of your HTML document to reference this icon. This can be done in the _document.js file in the /pages directory. If this file doesn't exist, you can create it. Here's an example of how to do this:

import Document, { Html, Head, Main, NextScript } from 'next/document'

class MyDocument extends Document {
  render() {
    return (
      <Html>
        <Head>
          <link rel="icon" href="/icon.png" type="image/png" />
        </Head>
        <body>
          <Main />
          <NextScript />
        </body>
      </Html>
    )
  }
}

export default MyDocument

In this example, the href attribute in the link tag is set to /icon.png, which is the path to the icon file in the public directory.

Please note that the favicon.ico file is typically used because it's supported by all browsers. If you choose to use a .png file, make sure to test it in all the browsers your application supports.

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craggy iris
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@drifting widget How do i do this in app router?

drifting widgetBOT
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Let me check the knowledge base for you. One moment! :books:

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In the Next.js App Router, you can set the application icon using the icon file convention. Here's how you can do it:

  1. Place your .png file within the /app directory in your project. For example, if your file is named icon.png, you would place it in /app/icon.png.

  2. Next.js will automatically evaluate the file and add the appropriate tags to your app's <head> element. The output will look something like this:

<link rel="icon" href="/icon?<generated>" type="image/<generated>" sizes="<generated>" />

In this case, <generated> will be replaced with the actual values based on the icon.png file.

Please note that the favicon.ico file can only be located in the top level of app/. If you need more granularity, you can use the icon file convention.

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