iOS 9 Splash screen is black

Easy fix. No need to mess with anything. Xcode 7 just prefers the images to be "Universal".

  1. Click on Assets.xcassets folder
  2. Click the + sign to Import from Project.
  3. Select all images

Done. Now your launch screen works and Xcode is happier.


I had the exact problem and had a black launch screen after using Xcode 7, and at first re-adding the images in Launch-Screen.xib worked but it went black again.

I fixed this permanently by moving the images referenced by Launch-Screen.xib into an asset catalog, rather than using the png filenames.


Same problem here after I updated to iOS 9. Re-installing the app from the App Store seems to solve the problem. I guess, it's an iOS 9 glitch.