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

Question

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

Answer 1

I needed to do this to block showing a table view until the data was loaded over the network. I used a variation of one I found here:

http://michael.burford.net/2008/11/fading-defaultpng-when-iphone-app.html

In the interface of your App Delegate:

@interface AppDelegate : NSObject 
{
  UIImageView *splashView;
}

In the implementation:

@implementation AppDelegate
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application {


  // After this line: [window addSubview:tabBarController.view];

  splashView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480)];
  splashView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Default.png"];
  [window addSubview:splashView];
  [window bringSubviewToFront:splashView];

  // Do your time consuming setup

  [splashView removeFromSuperview];
  [splashView release];
}

Make sure you have a Default.png in the resources