iOS 7 launch image (splash screen) fades out

In iOS 7, the splash screen fade-transitions from the splash image to your first UIView. If that UIView looks identical to the splash screen, you see no fade. The problem is that Cocos2D's initial view is pure black.

Unfortunately, the only way I found to resolve this was to actually add a UIImageView identical to the splash image for a second, then remove it once Cocos2D started drawing.

In CCDirectorIOS (or your subclass):

#define IS_IPAD (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)
#define IS_IPHONE (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
#define IS_WIDESCREEN (IS_IPHONE && [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height > 567.0f)
static const NSInteger tempSplashViewTag = 87624;

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];

    NSString *spriteName = IS_IPAD ? @"Default-Landscape" : IS_WIDESCREEN ? @"Default-568h" : @"Default";
    UIImageView *splashView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:spriteName]];
    splashView.tag = tempSplashViewTag; 
    [self.view addSubview:splashView];

    [self startAnimation];
}

- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewDidAppear:animated];

    dispatch_time_t popTime = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, (int64_t)(0.1 * NSEC_PER_SEC));
    dispatch_after(popTime, dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void){
        UIView *splashView = [self.view viewWithTag:tempSplashViewTag];
        [splashView removeFromSuperview];
    });
}

I had the same problem developing an app with Cocos2D-x and having my main window and OpenGL content initialize in

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {

Instead I moved it to the method

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application willFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {

and now it doesn't "fade" any more. Note the will instead of did. This method is available on iOS6 and higher however, so if you want your app to be compatible with iOS5.x and lower you can just do a preprocessor version check for < __IPHONE_6_0 and use the "didFinishLaunching" method, since there it wasn't even an issue.

I have managed to do that in the AppController. Just place this code right after the creation of the glView

    UIImage* image = [UIImage imageNamed:[self getLaunchImageName]];
if ([[UIScreen mainScreen] respondsToSelector: @selector(scale)])
{
    float screenScale = [[UIScreen mainScreen] scale];
    if (screenScale > 1.)
        image = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:image.CGImage scale:screenScale orientation:image.imageOrientation];
}
UIImageView *splashView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:image];
[viewController.view addSubview:splashView];
[splashView performSelector:@selector(removeFromSuperview) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.1f];

It is easy. Just get the launch image and make it disappear after a delay. You will need the getLaunchImage code (based on this comment, not tested with iPhone 6 nor 6 plus)

    -(NSString*)getLaunchImageName
{

    NSArray* images= @[@"LaunchImage.png",
                       @"[email protected]",
                       @"[email protected]",
                       @"[email protected]",
                       @"[email protected]",
                       @"LaunchImage-700-Portrait@2x~ipad.png",
                       @"LaunchImage-Portrait@2x~ipad.png",
                       @"LaunchImage-700-Portrait~ipad.png",
                       @"LaunchImage-Portrait~ipad.png",
                       @"LaunchImage-Landscape@2x~ipad.png",
                       @"LaunchImage-700-Landscape@2x~ipad.png",
                       @"LaunchImage-Landscape~ipad.png",
                       @"LaunchImage-700-Landscape~ipad.png",
                       @"[email protected]",
                       @"[email protected]",
                       @"[email protected]",
                       ];

    UIImage *splashImage;

    if ([self isDeviceiPhone])
    {
        if ([self isDeviceiPhone4] && [self isDeviceRetina])
        {
            splashImage = [UIImage imageNamed:images[1]];
            if (splashImage.size.width!=0)
                return images[1];
            else
                return images[2];
        }
        else if ([self isDeviceiPhone5])
        {
            splashImage = [UIImage imageNamed:images[1]];
            if (splashImage.size.width!=0)
                return images[3];
            else
                return images[4];
        }
        else if ([self isDeviceiPhone6])
        {
            splashImage = [UIImage imageNamed:images[1]];
            if (splashImage.size.width!=0)
                return images[13];
            else
                return images[14];
        }
        else
            return images[0]; //Non-retina iPhone
    }
    else if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation]==UIDeviceOrientationPortrait || [[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation] == UIDeviceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown)//iPad Portrait
    {
        if ([self isDeviceRetina])
        {
            splashImage = [UIImage imageNamed:images[5]];
            if (splashImage.size.width!=0)
                return images[5];
            else
                return images[6];
        }
        else
        {
            splashImage = [UIImage imageNamed:images[7]];
            if (splashImage.size.width!=0)
                return images[7];
            else
                return images[8];
        }

    }
    else
    {
        if ([self isDeviceRetina])
        {
            splashImage = [UIImage imageNamed:images[9]];
            if (splashImage.size.width!=0)
                return images[9];
            else
                return images[10];
        }
        else
        {
            splashImage = [UIImage imageNamed:images[11]];
            if (splashImage.size.width!=0)
                return images[11];
            else
                return images[12];
        }
    }
}

-(BOOL)isDeviceiPhone
{
    if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
    {
        return TRUE;
    }

    return FALSE;
}

-(BOOL)isDeviceiPhone4
{
    if ([[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height==480)
        return TRUE;

    return FALSE;
}


-(BOOL)isDeviceRetina
{
    if ([[UIScreen mainScreen] respondsToSelector:@selector(displayLinkWithTarget:selector:)] &&
        ([UIScreen mainScreen].scale == 2.0))        // Retina display
    {
        return TRUE;
    }
    else                                          // non-Retina display
    {
        return FALSE;
    }
}


-(BOOL)isDeviceiPhone5
{
    if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone && [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height==568)
    {
        return TRUE;
    }
    return FALSE;
}

-(BOOL)isDeviceiPhone6
{
    if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone && [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height>568)
    {
        return TRUE;
    }
    return FALSE;
}