Code for RubyMotion Splash Screen Blog: http://iconoclastlabs.com/cms/blog/posts/iphone-splash-screen-with-rubymotion

app_delegate.rb

class AppDelegate
   def application(application, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:launchOptions)
     @window = UIWindow.alloc.initWithFrame(UIScreen.mainScreen.bounds)
     @window.rootViewController = RootController.alloc.init
     #Splash Screen
     image_view = UIImageView.alloc.initWithImage(UIImage.imageNamed("Default.png"))
     @window.rootViewController.view.addSubview(image_view)
     @window.rootViewController.view.bringSubviewToFront(image_view)
     # normal
     @window.makeKeyAndVisible
 
     # fade out splash image
     fade_out_timer = 1.0
     UIView.transitionWithView(@window, duration:fade_out_timer, options:UIViewAnimationOptionTransitionNone, animations: lambda {image_view.alpha = 0}, completion: lambda do |finished|
       image_view.removeFromSuperview
       image_view = nil
       UIApplication.sharedApplication.setStatusBarHidden(false, animated:false)
     end)
     true
   end
end

Hi,

first off all thanks for sharing. This is great piece of code. I have only one problem, when the Splash Screen fades out the Navigation Bar is half hidden behind the Status Bar.

I am using your code within a TabbarApplication. Do you have any ideas what is going wrong there?