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-{
-  "images" : [
-    {
-      "size" : "29x29",
-      "idiom" : "iphone",
-      "filename" : "j2objc_29dp_2x.png",
-      "scale" : "2x"
-    },
-    {
-      "size" : "29x29",
-      "idiom" : "iphone",
-      "filename" : "j2objc_29dp_3x.png",
-      "scale" : "3x"
-    },
-    {
-      "size" : "40x40",
-      "idiom" : "iphone",
-      "filename" : "j2objc_40dp_2x.png",
-      "scale" : "2x"
-    },
-    {
-      "size" : "40x40",
-      "idiom" : "iphone",
-      "filename" : "j2objc_40dp_3x.png",
-      "scale" : "3x"
-    },
-    {
-      "size" : "60x60",
-      "idiom" : "iphone",
-      "filename" : "j2objc_60dp_2x.png",
-      "scale" : "2x"
-    },
-    {
-      "size" : "60x60",
-      "idiom" : "iphone",
-      "filename" : "j2objc_60dp_3x.png",
-      "scale" : "3x"
-    },
-    {
-      "size" : "29x29",
-      "idiom" : "ipad",
-      "filename" : "j2objc_29dp_1x.png",
-      "scale" : "1x"
-    },
-    {
-      "size" : "29x29",
-      "idiom" : "ipad",
-      "filename" : "j2objc_29dp_2x.png",
-      "scale" : "2x"
-    },
-    {
-      "size" : "40x40",
-      "idiom" : "ipad",
-      "filename" : "j2objc_40dp_1x.png",
-      "scale" : "1x"
-    },
-    {
-      "size" : "40x40",
-      "idiom" : "ipad",
-      "filename" : "j2objc_40dp_2x.png",
-      "scale" : "2x"
-    },
-    {
-      "size" : "76x76",
-      "idiom" : "ipad",
-      "filename" : "j2objc_76dp_1x.png",
-      "scale" : "1x"
-    },
-    {
-      "size" : "76x76",
-      "idiom" : "ipad",
-      "filename" : "j2objc_76dp_2x.png",
-      "scale" : "2x"
-    },
-    {
-      "size" : "83.5x83.5",
-      "idiom" : "ipad",
-      "filename" : "j2objc_167dp.png",
-      "scale" : "2x"
-    }
-  ],
-  "info" : {
-    "version" : 1,
-    "author" : "xcode"
-  }
-}
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-{
-  "images" : [
-    {
-      "orientation" : "portrait",
-      "idiom" : "iphone",
-      "extent" : "full-screen",
-      "minimum-system-version" : "8.0",
-      "subtype" : "736h",
-      "scale" : "3x",
-      "filename": "j2objc_414x736dp_3x.png"
-    },
-    {
-      "orientation" : "landscape",
-      "idiom" : "iphone",
-      "extent" : "full-screen",
-      "minimum-system-version" : "8.0",
-      "subtype" : "736h",
-      "scale" : "3x",
-      "filename": "j2objc_736x414dp_3x.png"
-    },
-    {
-      "orientation" : "portrait",
-      "idiom" : "iphone",
-      "extent" : "full-screen",
-      "minimum-system-version" : "8.0",
-      "subtype" : "667h",
-      "scale" : "2x",
-      "filename": "j2objc_375x667dp_2x.png"
-    },
-    {
-      "orientation" : "portrait",
-      "idiom" : "ipad",
-      "extent" : "full-screen",
-      "minimum-system-version" : "8.0",
-      "subtype" : "1366h",
-      "scale" : "2x"
-    },
-    {
-      "orientation" : "portrait",
-      "idiom" : "iphone",
-      "extent" : "full-screen",
-      "minimum-system-version" : "7.0",
-      "scale" : "2x",
-      "filename": "j2objc_320x480dp_2x.png"
-    },
-    {
-      "orientation" : "portrait",
-      "idiom" : "iphone",
-      "extent" : "full-screen",
-      "minimum-system-version" : "7.0",
-      "subtype" : "retina4",
-      "scale" : "2x",
-      "filename": "j2objc_320x568dp_2x.png"
-    },
-    {
-      "orientation" : "portrait",
-      "idiom" : "ipad",
-      "extent" : "full-screen",
-      "minimum-system-version" : "7.0",
-      "scale" : "1x",
-      "filename": "j2objc_768x1024dp_1x.png"
-    },
-    {
-      "orientation" : "landscape",
-      "idiom" : "ipad",
-      "extent" : "full-screen",
-      "minimum-system-version" : "7.0",
-      "scale" : "1x",
-      "filename": "j2objc_1024x768dp_1x.png"
-    },
-    {
-      "orientation" : "portrait",
-      "idiom" : "ipad",
-      "extent" : "full-screen",
-      "minimum-system-version" : "7.0",
-      "scale" : "2x",
-      "filename": "j2objc_768x1024dp_2x.png"
-    },
-    {
-      "orientation" : "landscape",
-      "idiom" : "ipad",
-      "extent" : "full-screen",
-      "minimum-system-version" : "7.0",
-      "scale" : "2x",
-      "filename": "j2objc_1024x768dp_2x.png"
-    }
-  ],
-  "info" : {
-    "version" : 1,
-    "author" : "xcode"
-  }
-}
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diff --git a/examples/Contacts/BUILD.bazel b/examples/Contacts/BUILD.bazel
index 2181baa80f..91755256f5 100644
--- a/examples/Contacts/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/examples/Contacts/BUILD.bazel
@@ -19,21 +19,9 @@ ios_application(
     infoplists = ["src/Info.plist"],
     families = ["iphone", "ipad"],
     deps = [":ContactsMainLib"],
-    app_icons = [":ContactsAppIcons"],
-    launch_images = [":ContactsLaunchImages"],
     minimum_os_version = "10.0",
 )
 
-filegroup(
-    name = "ContactsAppIcons",
-    srcs = glob(["Assets.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset/**"]),
-)
-
-filegroup(
-    name = "ContactsLaunchImages",
-    srcs = glob(["Assets.xcassets/LaunchImage.launchimage/**"]),
-)
-
 objc_library(
     name = "ContactsMainLib",
     srcs = glob(["src/*.m"]),
diff --git a/examples/Contacts/WORKSPACE b/examples/Contacts/WORKSPACE
index e5198771b8..02390b1364 100644
--- a/examples/Contacts/WORKSPACE
+++ b/examples/Contacts/WORKSPACE
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ http_archive(
 git_repository(
     name = "build_bazel_rules_apple",
     remote = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_apple.git",
-    tag = "0.14.0",
+    tag = "0.17.2",
 )
 
 load(