How can I display a splash screen for longer on an iPhone?

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Shofiur picture Shofiur · Feb 16, 2009 · Viewed 71.9k times · Source

How can I display a splash screen for a longer period of time than the default time on an iPhone?

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Paul Tomblin picture Paul Tomblin · Feb 16, 2009

Read the Apple iPhone Human Interface Guidelines (HIG). The "splash screen" isn't supposed to be for branding or displaying a logo, it's supposed to look like the default condition of the app so it appears to start up quickly.

Making it stay there for longer would be a violation of the HIG.

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