Launch Screen

Where to Use Launch Screen

Show only when your app's content is loading for the first time, you shouldn't use launch screens everywhere. By using the launch screen, you'll give the impression that your app is fast and responsive. It's important not to show the launch screen on every place where your app loads.

Keeping it minimal

The launch screen should mimic your app's first screen, so keep your design as simple as possible. Use monotone colors so that everything appears subtly.

Creating semi-opaque shapes as a replacement for the actual content while it is fetching for the data. For example, you can use rectangles of different widths to suggest lines of text and circles or squares in place of glyphs and images.

Small Details

Details look and feel differently in light and dark mode. For example, an element using a light color with a opacity against a light background may look different in dark background so use solid colors instead of using opacity.Design assets separately for light and dark mode

Use the right dimensions

Don't use a static image for your launch screen, as the screen size varies from device to device.So it is important to design for every screen size of different devices and provide the right assets to make your app adpative and the whole experience more consistent in any environment.

Don't confuse with Splash Screen

The splash screen and launch screen might give a similar idea, but they both are different. Splash screens are displayed once the app is launched, and this contains only the logo with a solid background color.

Widgets

It's also equally important to design the placeholder content for your widgets so that users can identify yours from the cluster of widgets while the content is being fetched.

Do's and Don’t

Avoid using multiple colors, text, images, or other elements on your launch screen.Make sure that your launch screen is not more than 25MB.