"Preloading" with a mobile iOS app.

[Mistersuits]

Couple of questions:

First, for iOS packager, how can I manually set the splash screen (Default.png?) for my app?

Second, how is the concept of preloading different for a packaged iOS app than a flash SWF?

I am used to either having one SWF load another and having some animation play in the meanwhile. Or I use a [Frame(factoryClass="myPreloaderClass")] in my actionscript projects.... my question is, is preloading still necessary when using packaged apps? Will preloaders display/run on packaged iOS apps? What are considered the best practices for this as of release of FB4.5?

Cheers!

[Colin Holgate]

If you're using Flash, you add it in the General area of the iOS publishing settings. If you're using the command line, just have it as one of your added files.

Preloaders are generally for waiting for a slow Internet connection to download the main file, but with these packages the main file is already there, and so you may not need a fancy preloader at all. Just have the splash screen (which shows even before your app is loaded), then either another copy of that as the first thing in your timeline, or have some other sort of welcome screen or animation.

[relaxatraja]

Just add your Default.png in the include files section as an attachment, you can also set different pngs for langdscape and portrait. The preloader is an optional one for the ios, because the compilation will package all the attachments as a single ipa, anyway it would be better to use that, it will just show like an flickering.

[Mistersuits]

I found out the reason my Default.png was not being displayed.

If inside the iPhone infoAdditions the UIDeviceFamily is set to 2 (iPad only) you need to have either a Default-Portrait.png or Default-Landscape.png depending on the value set for <aspectRatio>.

[relaxatraja]

Always give support for both:

<InfoAdditions><![CDATA[<key>UIDeviceFamily</key><array><string>1</st ring><string>2</string></array>]]></InfoAdditions>