Is it possible to programmatically change the Default.png launch image?

Question

Is it possible to programmatically change the Default.png launch image?

For example, could I replace it by an other image that fits better? My app has a tab bar and every tab has a very different screen, and I want to recover to that particular tab after a hard launch from scratch when the app got terminated in the background.

Answer 1

No.

The image Default.png is part of the bundle of your app, and you can only read this folder, you can't modify it. There is no API to specify a different launch image.

Answer 2

perhaps an idea would be for your default to be a blank "view" along with the tab bar controller at the bottom. This goes along the lines of Apples HIG.