ShowSplashScreenSpinner doesn't show spinner on iOS

[giuseppelanzi]

Bug Report

Problem

Cordova@12 with [email protected].
Setting ShowSplashScreenSpinner to true in the config.xml preference tag doesn't give the attended result.

What is expected to happen?

While showing a splashscreen the app should show a spinner too.

What does actually happen?

The splash is shown, while the spinner is not.

Information

Tested using this config.xml portion.

<platform name="ios">
        <allow-intent href="itms:*" />
        <allow-intent href="itms-apps:*" />
        <splash src="resources/ios/splash/Default@2x~iphone~anyany.png"/>
        <splash src="resources/ios/splash/Default@2x~iphone~comany.png"/>
        <splash src="resources/ios/splash/Default@2x~iphone~comcom.png"/>
        <splash src="resources/ios/splash/Default@3x~iphone~anyany.png"/>
        <splash src="resources/ios/splash/Default@3x~iphone~anycom.png"/>
        <splash src="resources/ios/splash/Default@3x~iphone~comany.png"/>
        <splash src="resources/ios/splash/Default@2x~ipad~anyany.png"/>
        <splash src="resources/ios/splash/Default@2x~ipad~comany.png"/>
    </platform>
    <preference name="AutoHideSplashScreen" value="false"/>
    <preference name="ShowSplashScreenSpinner" value="true"/>

Command or Code

Create a new project, use the portion of configuration above and compile on iOS.

Environment, Platform, Device

Tested with iPad with iOS 18.0.1.

Version information

cordova@12
[email protected]
iPad - iOS 18.0.1
XCode 16

Checklist

• I searched for existing GitHub issues
• I updated all Cordova tooling to most recent version
• I included all the necessary information above

[breautek]

I'm moving this issue to the cordova-ios repo for better visibility since the splashscreen implementation is now part of the core platform.

[dpogue]

The ShowSplashScreenSpinner preference isn't supported on iOS anymore after the move to Storyboard-based splashscreens. (It also, for what it's worth, doesn't appear to be supported on Android anymore with the newer splashscreens there.)

[breautek]

The ShowSplashScreenSpinner preference isn't supported on iOS anymore after the move to Storyboard-based splashscreens. (It also, for what it's worth, doesn't appear to be supported on Android anymore with the newer splashscreens there.)

I'm gunna create an issue for the docs if that's the case because it's documented as supported here which is the newer doc page for the core splashscreen implementations.

Ref: apache/cordova-docs#1381

[giuseppelanzi]

Thanks everybody. Got it :)