In this video, I walk you through Apple’s launch-screen guidance and demonstrate how to create launch screens that visually blend into your app’s first view.
You’ll learn how to:
• Add a centered launch image using the Launch Screen entries in Info.plist
• Support light and dark mode with appearance-specific image and color assets
• Use custom launch-screen background colors that match your SwiftUI content view
• Test launch screens correctly by removing the app from memory
• Work around Xcode’s launch-screen caching behavior by resetting Simulator content and settings when necessary
• Use SVG/vector assets for improved scaling across iPhone and iPad
• Create and configure a LaunchScreen storyboard for more layout control
• Add Auto Layout constraints so images remain positioned correctly in portrait and landscape
• Configure system or custom adaptive background colors in a storyboard
• Use Apple Intelligence/Codex to help create responsive image and label constraints
• Add an app-name label that adapts across device sizes and appearance modes
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