What are the sizes used for the iOS application splash screen?
I am developing an application using the iOS SDK. I need to know what Default splash screen sizes I need.
Solution 1:
2018 Update - Please don't use this info !
I'm leaving the below post for reference purposes.
Please read Apple's documentation Human Interface Guidelines - Launch Screens for details on launch screens and recommendations.
Thanks
Drekka
July 2012 - As this reply is rather old, but stills seems popular. I've written a blog post based on Apple's doco and placed it on my blog. I hope you guys find it useful.
Yes. In iPhone/iPad development the Default.png file is displayed by the device automatically so you don't have to program it which is really useful. I don't have it with me, but you need different PNGs for the iPad with specific names. I googled iPad default png and got this info from the phunkwerks site:
iPad Launch Image Orientations
To deal with various orientation options, a new naming convention has been created for iPad launch images. The screen size of the iPad is 768×1024, notice in the dimensions that follow the height takes into account a 20 pixel status bar.
Filename Dimensions
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Default-Portrait.png* — 768w x 1024h -
Default-PortraitUpsideDown.png— 768w x 1024h -
Default-Landscape.png** — 1024w x 748h -
Default-LandscapeLeft.png— 1024w x 748h -
Default-LandscapeRight.png— 1024w x 748h -
iPad-Retina–Portrait.png— 1536w x 2048h -
iPad-Retina–Landscape.png— 2048w x 1496h -
Default.png— Not recommended
*—If you have not specified a Default-PortraitUpsideDown.png file, this file will take precedence.
**—If you have not specified a Default-LandscapeLeft.png or Default-LandscapeRight.png image file, this file will take precedence.
This link to "Apple's Developer Library" is useful, too.
Solution 2:
As of July 2013 (iOS 6), this is what we always use:
IPHONE SPLASH
Default.png - 320 x 480
[email protected] - 640 x 960
[email protected] - 640 x 1096 (with status bar)
[email protected] - 640 x 1136 (without status bar)
IPAD SPLASH
iPadImage-Appname-Portrait.png * 768w x 1004h (with status bar)
[email protected] * 1536w x 2008h (with status bar)
iPadImage-Appname-Landscape.png ** 1024w x 748h (with status bar)
[email protected] ** 2048w x 1496h (with status bar)
iPadImage-Appname-Portrait.png * 768w x 1024h (without status bar)
[email protected] * 1536w x 2048h (without status bar)
iPadImage-Appname-Landscape.png ** 1024w x 768h (without status bar)
[email protected] ** 2048w x 1536h (without status bar)
ICON
Appname-29.png
[email protected]
Appname-50.png
[email protected]
Appname-57.png
[email protected]
Appname-72.png
[email protected]
iTunesArtwork (512px x 512px)
iTunesArtwork@2x (1024px x 1024px)