[jira] [Created] (CB-12952) Fall back to using configured splash screen of matching dimensions and opposite orientation when available, rather than default Cordova splash screen

["Joshua Bronson (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Joshua Bronson created CB-12952:
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             Summary: Fall back to using configured splash screen of matching dimensions and opposite orientation when available, rather than default Cordova splash screen
                 Key: CB-12952
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12952
             Project: Apache Cordova
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: cordova-plugin-splashscreen
            Reporter: Joshua Bronson
            Priority: Minor


h2. Minimal reproduction steps:

(For the sake of brevity, the following assumes you are targeting iPhone 6, 6s, or 7, but a similar procedure can be followed to reproduce on other devices.)

# Set up a cordova project with the iOS platform, cordova-plugin-splashscreen, and add e.g. {{<splash src="res/screen/ios/Default-667h.png" width="750" height="1334"/>}} to your config.xml, where "res/screen/ios/Default-667h.png" is the path to your custom splash screen image with the dimensions indicated / matching your device.
# Launch the app on the device while the screen is in *landscape* orientation.


h2. Current Result

Cordova's default splash screen is used.


h2. Expected Result

The splash screen specified in config.xml is used, just as it would have been if the screen had been in portrait orientation when the app was launched.

h1. Rationale

It is strictly preferable (and better aligned with the intent of the developer and expectations of the user) to show the same splash screen in landscape orientation that is shown in portrait orientation, even though the orientation won't match, compared to showing the default Cordova splash screen in the landscape orientation.

It's easy for developers to not realize what the current behavior is, because 1. they followed the plugin's documentation, which doesn't warn about this behavior clearly, even though it's totally a "gotcha", and 2. developers often don't think to test in landscape mode, so never encounter this before releasing to users. Then everyone gets an unpleasant surprise when they realize this has been happening in production.

Any interest in adding logic to fall back to using a configured splash screen of matching dimensions and opposite orientation, when available, rather than the default Cordova splash screen?


h3. Impact

I've only encountered this while testing on an iOS device and using the https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/reference/cordova-plugin-splashscreen/#legacy-launch-images method, but it may occur on other platforms and configurations too.



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