Re: iOS when is my app launched
Re: iOS when is my app launched
- Subject: Re: iOS when is my app launched
- From: Matt Gough <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 16:35:50 +0000
OK, but please consider providing the user the ability to tap the screen to skip the splash screen[s]. (e.g See Angry Birds)
Matt
On 8 Dec 2010, at 15:50:45, Jason Bobier wrote:
> Hi Glenn,
>
> This is for a game, which is an exception to this rule.
>
> Jason
>
> On Dec 8, 2010, at 9:27 AM, glenn andreas wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 8, 2010, at 7:38 AM, Jason Bobier wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Dave,
>>>
>>> I'm talking about the Carbon equivalent of processLaunchDate in the ProcessInfoExtendedRec. This is the actual date & time that the process launched.
>>>
>>> I want to use it to give my game's splash screen a consistent amount of time on screen. Here's how:
>>>
>>> I set the Default.png to the splash screen and immediately show the same image when my app launches. I then check the launch date to determine how much time it has shown and add x number of seconds to that.
>>
>> Don't do that.
>>
>> From <http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/MobileHIG/IconsImages/IconsImages.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006556-CH14-SW1>:
>>
>>
>> Supply a launch image to improve user experience; avoid using it as an opportunity to provide:
>>
>> • An “application entry experience,” such as a splash screen
>> • An About window
>> • Branding elements, unless they are a static part of your application’s first screen
>> Because users are likely to switch among applications frequently, you should make every effort to cut launch time to a minimum, and you should design a launch image that downplays the experience rather than drawing attention to it.
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>
>> So Default.png is not suppose to be a splash screen, and you're suppose to strive to make it go away as fast as possible - not figure out ways to display it for longer...
>>
>>
>> Glenn Andreas email@hidden
>> The most merciful thing in the world ... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents - HPL
>>
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