I would like to update the application icon and the splash (loading) screen of my app dynamically if possible, by storing the data in SQLite fetched from a webservice
I pretty sure the answer is going to be no but thought I'd get confirmation
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You can set the app icon badge without push notifications. See this answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1157202/on-the-iphone-how-can-i-make-the-icon-badge – Matthew Frederick Jan 20 '10 at 09:32
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You can change the Default.png file by putting a symlink in your app bundle:
http://collison.ie/blog/2008/11/dynamic-defaultpng-files-on-the-iphone
The same technique might work for the Icon.png, but I doubt it, and if you could get it to work I imagine you'd have to HUP the SpringBoard (which you can't do on a non-jailbroken device).
It looks like Apple has removed the ability to set a badge for your app other than through push notifications (which in that case can only be a number according to the docs).
EDIT: This hole was closed in 3.0:
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Thanks Frank, seems that they may have capped it though in 3.X SDKs – Anthony Main Jan 19 '10 at 23:04