Xamarin IOS Spash Screen not showing

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@Leon Lu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) I have an Xamarin IOS App and I have been using a LauncScreen.storyboard to show a splash screen. It no longer works. I tried creating a new one...that didnt work either. All I get is the Xamarin default image. I have seen MULTIPLE threads of people having the same issue...but I have yet to see any kind of resolution. Does anyone have any answers???

Answer 1

Hello,

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I'm afraid there are two same .storyboard file named LaunchScreen.storyboard in your project. you could delete the bin and obj folder first , then you can created a new .storyboard file, and choose the new empty one as your splash screen to check if the issue still exists. You could refer to the following steps:

1. Create a new .storyboard file. Right click the iOS project -> Add -> New Item ->Apple(User Interface)->EmptyStoryboard.
2. Choose this SB as your splash screen. Double click info.plist, select Visual Assets, choose the new SB in Launch Screen drop down box.
3. Open the info.plist by View Code , check UILaunchStoryboardName this key.

   <key>UILaunchStoryboardName</key>  
   <string>EmptyStoryboard1</string>  
   

   Then, you could run to check if you still get the Xamarin default image. If you choose the empty storyboard, the screen will be black, this proves that it works.
   Finally, you could style the storyboard by Mac.

For more information, you can refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/ios/app-fundamentals/images-icons/launch-screens?tabs=macos

Best Regards,
Wenyan Zhang

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