iOS Splash Screen not showing up on device - strange issue

Question

I am making a test sprite kit game, and when I run it on the device, the splash screen doesn't show up although it does work on the simulator.

Here are some screenshots:

Normally I set the target to iOS 7.1 and later, so I use a .xib file and LaunchImage file in xcassets.

I have put 2 correctly sized splash screens in the iPhone portrait iOS 7&8 section, and have selected "Portrait" under iOS 7 and later. The link from the settings file is definitely going to the correct file.

When I run it on the simulator (presumably all devices are iOS 8), the .xib file is used and it displays that splash screen.

When I run it on my iPhone 4, it displays a black screen. In my other apps, it would choose the image from xcassets and display it, but this is not the case.

Does anyone know how I could solve this problem?

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Edit

Basically, I have put 4 images into xcassets for a splash screen. I have selected iPhone portrait for iOS 7 and iOS 8.

In the settings pane I deleted the launch screen file reference, so the only reference is to the xcassets launch image (It points to the correct place). I have also deleted the LaunchScreen.xib file.

But when I run the app on the device and the simulator, no splash screen shows up.

Answer 1

I faced similar issue and fixed by Restarting the Mac and iPhone