Launch Images and asset catalog

Elements Fire
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I’m trying to work out how to use launch images contained in an asset catalog. If I start with your universal app and remove the launch storyboard, and its reference in info.plist, then go add a launch image in Xcode and populate it, it doesn’t seem to work correctly.

I couldn’t see a way to tell Fire to use this, but looking inside the element file, I can see the reference to the app icon, so edited it to say:

    <AssetCatalog Include="Resources\Images.xcassets">
        <AppIcon>AppIcon</AppIcon>
        <LaunchImage>LaunchImage</LaunchImage>
    </AssetCatalog>

However, it doesn’t seem to be enough, since when I look in the package created, I see all the various app icons OK, but only 2 launch images are created, and have odd names - LaunchImage-700-568h@2x.png and LaunchImage-700@2x.png.
Attached is the project.
Archive.zip (947.2 KB)

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I’ll check. but you really should be using launch storyboards.

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There should be a context menu to set those: Image 2015-04-30 at 4.21.25 PM

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OK, don’t worry then I will do that - I thought since these were added in iOS7 that this was the right way to go.

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Ah, so there is, sorry - missed that, so what I added manually was correct, but it still doesn’t create them correctly I think.

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Any details in the build log? this is all done by actool.

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Not really, it just lists the ones it creates, no errors mentioned (try the attachment above if you want to see)

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Weird. Does the same .casset generate more images, within an Xcode project?

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Hmm, --target-device iphone that’s prolly it. wondering if i need to pass something else there for universal…

yup. Xcode passes --target-device iphone --target-device ipad

10

Thanks works great in latest beta.

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