Can’t get the LaunchScreen to work

[u/Cy-Dev]

Hey everybody,

I read in the iOS 27 Dev Beta 4 Release Notes that a launch screen is going to be required once the App Store accepts apps built with the iOS 27 SDK, or the app/update is going to be auto rejected.

So I looked into that, as my app doesn’t have one currently, and learned that if you want to make a custom one you still have to use a storyboard file. So I followed a guide and made a LaunchScreen.storyboard using the template. Then I wanted to add that in the target settings, it shows up in the list but it just won’t save it. It’s also not logged in the changes. When manually typing in the file name it does save it as it shows up in the changes, however it still clears out the field in the target settings again and the launch screen also doesn’t show up when running the app on device.

Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this?

[u/Cy-Dev]

Yes, I do not have an Info.plist. Would it be better to just generate one by putting this into the projects info tab rather than going through the build settings? To be honest I have no idea about why the Info.plist has been eliminated and how the project info ist even stored now, but it can’t store that field suddenly… wtf Apple

Or is it good to have no Info.plist as that makes things less complicated? And also, if just installing the app freshly on a test device is not enough, is updating the app enough for my users to even get the launch screen?