Questions tagged [launchimage]

a placeholder image that is displayed while an iOS app is loading

A launch image or launch file is a placeholder image that is displayed while an iOS app is loading.

According to the iOS Human Interface Guidelines:

The placeholder image gives users the impression that your app is fast and responsive because it appears instantly and is quickly replaced by the first screen of your app.

A launch image or launch file is required for all iOS apps.

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Launch Screen Components

I see plenty of applications on the app store that either have blank (black or white) or branded launch screens. This is in spite of the iOS developer guidelines that state, "the launch image isn't an opportunity to provide branded elements," and…
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iOS - Status bar does not appear on iPhone 6/6+

My app is not showing status bar in iPhone 6/6+. If I supply the launch images for iPhone 6/6+, status bar shows. Any idea what's causing the status bar to not appear? Is there any way to make it appear without having to run the app in native…
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Alternate LaunchImage for different application start

I have developed an application with the new LaunchImage.xib feature of Xcode 6. This LaunchImage is simply a blank view with the color of the upcoming rootViewController. This works really fine for normal application startup. The application can…
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Stretched interface on iPhone 6

On my iPhone 6 Simulator (not iPhone 6 Plus) the interface looked stretched. I can't figure out why. I created a clean new project and started the simulator and there the interface looks normal. Here is a screenshot: So I copied the storyboard of…
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Invalid Launch Image. Not Optimized for iPhone 5

My Application Loader has asked me to Optimize for iPhone 5. But the fact is... I do have Default-568h@2x.png Launch Image All Screens of my App(Game) does fulfill iPhone 5 ScreenSize Requirements But still Im getting this error which doesnt make…
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IOS LaunchImage manipulation - can I control the time it stays onscreen?

Is there a way to programmatically define the time the launchImage appears before navigating to storyboard entry point controller? I would like to be able to exit the splash-screen only after core-data asynchronous load completion block to ensure…
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How to fix LaunchImage for iOS 8?

My app, which functioned perfectly on iOS 7, only has one issue since updating to iOS 8. The LaunchImage briefly switches to portrait (since all the images are landscape, it appears distorted) and then returns. Is there something I need to change…
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Application update from ios6 to ios7 doesn't replace the previous app icons and launch image with the new images

I have an iOS6/iOS7 application in the App Store which is going to be replaced with the new version of the App. The new version includes new app icons and a new launch image. My problem is that the old app icons and the launch image are not…
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LaunchImages XCode 5

I declared the LaunchImages and icons but there were errors when validating the archive. So I used the asset catalogs and the errors disappeared. as far as good but the app does not show any LaunchImage when running it on my iPhone 4S. What might…
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Image.asset causes app size increased

I'm using a launch image for iPad Landscape named "Default-Landscape" which is 5.4 MB in size. My app is an universal app and supported from iOS 5, so I have to assign Launch for "iPad Landscape iOS7" and "iPad Landscape iOS5 and iOS6". When doing…
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IOS: multiple language xcode 5 for launch image

I have a problem, what's the way to organize localized launch images in xcode 5, is there a way to do it? thanks
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Xcode5 has no landscape launch image slot for iPhone

My app is for iPhone and in landscape mode only. After updating to Xcode5 and using the asset catalog, I am unable to set launch images in the asset catalog because those slots are not available (see images below). How can I make them visible? …
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How to convert manual view controller to storyboard as a launch screen

New iOS requirements need Apps for iPhone or iPad must be built with the iOS 13 SDK or later and use an Xcode storyboard to provide the app’s launch screen. But my project is very old and has never used Storyboards. All UI elements are created…
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How to reference a launch image in React Native

I'd like to use an iOS launch image as a background image in my React app, but I can't figure out how to reference it. I've tried a few things similar to the following: But I'm getting this error: Module…
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How To set Launch Images for Universal app

I'm using Xcode 10.1 and my app is a universal app. I'm having a design issue when loading the launch images using the assets i.e. it showing some black screen background in iPad Pro 11 inch and iPad pro 12.9 (3rd generation) devices other than that…
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