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

Here is my simple splash screen code. 'splashView' is an outlet for a view that contains an image logo, UIActivityIndicator, and a "Load.." label (added to my 'MainWIndow.xib' in IB). The activity indicator is set to 'animating' in IB, I then spawn a separate thread to load the data. When done, I remove the splashView and add my normal application view:

-(void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application {
    [window addSubview:splashView];
    [NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(getInitialData:) 
                                 toTarget:self withObject:nil];
}

-(void)getInitialData:(id)obj {
    [NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:3.0]; // simulate waiting for server response
    [splashView removeFromSuperview];
    [window addSubview:tabBarController.view];
}