What are the specifications required by Apple for a splash page for a custom iPhone application?
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The official UI guide states that the splash should match the first screen the customer sees, sans the dynamically generated/loaded data. However, the App Store is full of apps that violate this requirement and provide splash screens with branding, art and whatnot.
Seva Alekseyev
2010-01-14 15:24:42
The idea is that your splash is meant give the user the illusion of an instant-launch, making it look like the app has already loaded its UI as soon as you touch the icon. Obviously, the reality is a bit further from the truth, and as Seva says, Apple doesn't seem interested in enforcing this guideline in the App store.
Jasarien
2010-01-14 16:20:38
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You can check Apple Developer Iphone Human Interface Guidelines there is a full explanation over there, quick and dirty your launch image should:
- Measures 320 x 480 pixels. Including the status bar area allows you to display the status bar color you’ve chosen immediately, instead of displaying it after your application has finished starting.
- Is identical to the first screen of the application, except for: Text. The launch image is static, so any text you display in it will not be localized. User interface elements that might change. Avoid including elements that might look different when the application finishes launching, so that users don’t experience a flash between the launch image and the first application screen.
The easiest way of doing this is taking a screenshot of some image on the screen of your iphone.
muanis
2010-01-14 18:01:23
Um, depending on functionality. If the content of the first view is, say, loaded from some kind of a Web/Net service, then a screenshot won't do. Should be a screenshot with blanks where the downloaded stuff is.Again, that's according to the guideline.
Seva Alekseyev
2010-01-14 20:11:47