White flicker between launch image (splash screen) and app homepage

Question

I have a very simple HTML5 iPhone web application that works almost perfectly; there is only one issue: between the launch image and the app homescreen, a completely white s

Answer 1

This problem occurs with even simple sites.

Take this for example: it shows a website with a background of #ccc with a splashscreen of #ccc for the iphone 7.

  
  
  
  
  


  
iOS web app

https://imgur.com/a/tGiREVM

You can see a white flicker while the app loads.

Faster loading apps feel worse, slightly epileptic, with the white flash. And if the splash screen is dark, it looks worse again.