# org.apache.cordova.splashscreen This plugin displays and hides a splash screen during application launch. ## Installation cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.splashscreen ## Supported Platforms - Amazon Fire OS - Android - BlackBerry 10 - iOS - Windows Phone 7 and 8 - Windows 8 ## Methods - splashscreen.show - splashscreen.hide ### Android Quirks In your config.xml, you need to add the following preferences: Where foo is the name of the splashscreen file, preferably a 9 patch file. Make sure to add your splashcreen files to your res/xml directory under the appropriate folders. The second parameter represents how long the splashscreen will appear in milliseconds. It defaults to 3000 ms. See [Icons and Splash Screens](http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/edge/config_ref_images.md.html) for more information. ## splashscreen.hide Dismiss the splash screen. navigator.splashscreen.hide(); ### BlackBerry 10, WP8, iOS Quirk The `config.xml` file's `AutoHideSplashScreen` setting must be `false`. To delay hiding the splash screen for two seconds, add a timer such as the following in the `deviceready` event handler: setTimeout(function() { navigator.splashscreen.hide(); }, 2000); ## splashscreen.show Displays the splash screen. navigator.splashscreen.show(); Your application cannot call `navigator.splashscreen.show()` until the app has started and the `deviceready` event has fired. But since typically the splash screen is meant to be visible before your app has started, that would seem to defeat the purpose of the splash screen. Providing some configuration in `config.xml` will automatically `show` the splash screen immediately after your app launch and before it has fully started and received the `deviceready` event. See [Icons and Splash Screens](http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/edge/config_ref_images.md.html) for more information on doing this configuration. For this reason, it is unlikely you need to call `navigator.splashscreen.show()` to make the splash screen visible for app startup.