An app's LaunchScreen should be customisable like with app icons

Originator:harshilshah1910
Number:rdar://33795326 Date Originated:09-Aug-2017 02:28 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS + SDK Product Version:iOS 11 beta 5
Classification:Feature (New) Reproducible:Not Applicable
 
Summary:
iOS 10.3 introduced API to customise the app icons with the help of alternate app icons. The launch screen remains static, however. API should be added to change the launch screen as well.

The launch screen is one of the first things someone sees in your apps, so many apps go to great pains to create custom animated ones to ensure a smooth looking transition. Twitter and the latest version of Reddit are some great examples.

With alternate icons, however, the transition cannot remain smooth, as the launch screen is fixed at compile time and cannot be altered. If, for example, Twitter were to offer an alternate icon where the Twitter bird glyph were to be dark, the launch screen transition would be a janky one with a transition from a black glyph to a white one.

The various animations try to ensure that the launch screen is visually connected to the app icon on one end, thus ensuring a smooth transition from Springboard to the app while the app is still setting up, and then animate from the launchscreen to the app UI, making the transition as seamless as can be. 

As it stands now, however, the app icon and app UI can be customised as per need, however the launchscreen in the middle cannot.

Steps to Reproduce:
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Expected Results:
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Actual Results:
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Version:
iOS 11 beta 5

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