iOS 8 - Background gradient for launch screen file

Question

How would you apply a background gradient to a launch screen file?

Are you supposed to just include large image for the background or can you run code in a launch sc

Answer 1

As long as you can add PDF single vector assets to your projects, I usually export gradients that have to be in launch image from Illustrator or Photoshop to PDF and include them in the layout with pretty good results.