Is it possible to make my iPhone app's icon look correct on both the iPad and iPhone?

Question

Our CEO wants our iPhone app's icons to look correct (ie not scaled) on both the iPad and iPhone. He does not want to actually create separate versions, or a universal version of the app. The app will remain iPhone only, but the icon would need to show up proper on both devices.

This is a "business decision", and I think its rather silly but regardless - is this possible? OR would we have to create a universal version?

Answer 1

No. You have to create all the 72x72 (iPad), 57x57 (iPhone) and 29x29 (Settings, if you have one) icons, if you(r boss) don't want scaling.

And you need to create a 512x512 version to submit to AppStore anyway, so I don't see a reason to avoid an extra image.

To use the 72x72 icon for iPad, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2480563/how-do-i-specify-both-icons-for-a-universal-iphone-ipad-app.