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launch screen
also splash screen
The launch screen is a static picture the OS shows. It is not a place to fetch.
What is launch screen?
The launch screen is drawn by the OS before your process runs: a storyboard or a splash theme. It cannot load the network, read the user, or animate in your code. The first frame of the app should match it so the handoff does not flash. A spinner you control comes after, if at all.
Why does launch screen matter when vibe coding?
The draft puts a loading call on the splash and a logo animation. That code does not run yet. Or the first screen is a different color and the app appears to blink twice.
How do you do launch screen?
A static launch screen that matches the first frame. No text that will be wrong in another language if you can use the logo. Start work after the first real frame.
How do you ask a model for launch screen?
Make the launch screen a static match for the first frame of (app). Do not fetch on it. Do not put a spinner in the launch storyboard. Do not flash a second background color.
What goes wrong with launch screen?
A launch image with “Loading…” baked into the bitmap. It cannot be translated, and it lies when launch is instant.