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How do I set a launch image for Xamarin Studio?

I'm trying to follow https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/ios/getting_started/hello,_iOS/hello,iOS_quickstart/. But on Step 26, I don't know what to do. What it shows in the image there is not what it looks like in Xamarin Studio Community (6.1.5 build 0). Instead it looks like this. Can someone help translate between what the tutorial says and what I'm seeing? I'm brand new to Xamarin, although I've been a C# developer for a long time.

Step 26 shows a screen shot like this this.

Solution

  • Looks like our guide there needs an update to bring it in line with current practices - I'll pass this feedback to the team.

    These days, defining launch images in the Info.plist is deprecated and it is recommended that developers use either Asset Catalogs or Launch Storyboards - the latter being the most recent and suggested option.

    More information on Launch Screens can be found here:

    https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/ios/application_fundamentals/working_with_images/launch-screens/

    Managing with asset catalogs:

    https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/ios/application_fundamentals/working_with_images/deprecated/launch-screens/#asset-catalogs