Loading a Welcome Screen (Splash Screen) before TabBarController

Question

In my TabBar based iPhone application, I would like to display a full screen welcome page (with some logs) before the actual application loads, How can I load a UIView from

Answer 1

The UI guidelines say you shouldn't have a splash screen - you should present a dummy version of the view the user will see when the application loads, without any data in it:

see Apple iPhone UI Guidelines on Launch Images for details - here's an excerpt:

To enhance the user’s experience at application launch, you should provide a launch image. A launch image looks very similar to the first screen your application displays. iPhone OS displays this image instantly when the user taps your application icon on the Home screen. As soon as it’s ready for use, your application displays its first screen, replacing the launch placeholder image.

It’s important to emphasize that the reason to supply a launch image is to improve user experience; it is not an opportunity to provide:

• An “application entry experience,” such as a splash screen
• An About window
• Branding elements, unless they are a static part of your application’s first screen