How to make an iPhone, iPad or Mac show an updated launch screen

Q: My Apple Apps launch screen image is not updating, how do I fix it?

If a launch (splash) screen update isn't showing: delete the app and restart the device. Then in XCode, clean the project and reinstall the app.

Q: How do force a splash screen update to show on an iPhone, iPad or Mac?

If a launch (splash) screen update isn't showing: delete the app and restart the device. Then in XCode, clean the project and reinstall the app.

A flower that represents Apple with the text "Fix Launch Screen Update" beneath it.

If a splash screen update isn't showing - delete the app and restart the device. Then in XCode, clean the project and reinstall the app.

Step One: Delete the App

A screenshot of an iPhone showing how to delete an app.

On the iPhone, iPad or Mac, delete the app that is not showing the launch screen updates.

Step Two: Restart the Device

A screenshot of an iPhone showing how to power off an iPhone.

Restart the iPhone, iPad or Mac to clear the cache.

Step Three: Clean the Project

A screenshot of Xcode showing how you can clean a project by opening the product menu and clicking the clean build folder menu option.

Press Command + Shift + K.

Step Four: Install

A screenshot of XCode showing that we have set a breakpoint on line 14 of the AppDelegate.swift file. We have highlighted the play button that appears on the top left of XCode. Click this button to run the app on a device. As we have set the breakpoint on line 14, the app will stop at the Splash screen, allowing you to analyze it.

Install the app on the device.

We recommend setting a breakpoint in the AppDelegate of the app so that the app stops at the launch screen, allowing you to confirm that the changes went through.

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How to make an iPhone, iPad or Mac show an updated launch screen

If a splash screen update isn't showing - delete the app and restart the device. Then in XCode, clean the project and reinstall the app.

Step One: Delete the App

Step Two: Restart the Device

Step Three: Clean the Project

Step Four: Install

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