Removing splash screen from UWP app in Fall Creators Update (FCU)

Question

I read in some article regarding new Fall Creators Update SDK that it is now possible to develop apps without splash screens for faster loading times.

My question is, how do we eliminate a splash screen when starting up an app? Where is the documentation for the changes to make to the app?

Answer 1

Open your Package.appxmanifest file from your main project and add a:Optional="true" to

<uap:SplashScreen Image="Assets\SplashScreen.png" a:Optional="true" xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10/5" />

However, you will still need to provide a splash image because a:Optional

Specifies whether an app should be launched without a splash screen. If true, the splash screen will not be shown if the app can launch fast enough. If there is a delay in the app launch time, the splash screen will be shown. If false, the splash screen will always be shown.

Please refer to this link for more information.

Answer 2

Simply comment out the splash screen in the manifest file.

file: package.appmanifest

<!-- <uap:SplashScreen Image="Assets\SplashScreen.png" /> -->