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Andrew Stamm
Andrew Stamm
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Andrew Stamm
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Launch screen is blank

I've set up my launch screen story board per the video, but when I run the simulator I just get a blank screen. The file I'm using with xCode 7 is called LaunchScreen.storyboard not .xib … is that the issue?

Rick Matsumoto
Rick Matsumoto
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Rick Matsumoto
Rick Matsumoto
2,547 Points

I'm using Xcode 7.1.1 and the file is called LaunchScreen.storyboard, so I don't think that's the issue. If you're not getting any errors that indicate the build is failing, maybe the launch screen is working correctly, but flashing too quickly or behind another window? I know on my machine I had to run the simulator a few times just to make sure the launch screen was displaying correctly. I literally didn't have time to blink or I'd miss it.

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Aubrey Taylor
Aubrey Taylor
2,991 Points
Aubrey Taylor
Aubrey Taylor
2,991 Points

I noticed this too. I'm pretty new to XCode and IOS development but from what I've found on google it looks like storyboards for launch screens are the default for IOS8.

The difference I found was that the storyboard didn't have anything for me to delete and it's size was 600x600 (so I had to adjust my settings). That said, I was able to complete the setup as instructed in the video without issue.