G+_Marlon Thompson Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Google now has splash screens on almost all of its apps. This is a feature they used to quietly discourage a few years ago however its now in the material design guidelines https://www.google.com/design/spec/patterns/launch-screens.html#launch-screens-types-of-launch-screens . For me it only ever lasts a second but for some people its slightly longer than that. How do you feel about this turnaround from Google? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Joshua Wilkins Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I understand what they are doing, namely brand recognition, but when I tap an app, I want it to start, not give me a 3 second ad *for the app I'm running.*? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Joseph Cappellino Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 While I understand Joshua Wilkins point, there are some things that rely on fresh data (such as current location, latest mail, etc). These things take time to load into memory, manipulate and then finally display on the screen. While I wish there were no wait times, I feel that it has to be done. So, instead of showing just a blank screen, at least show me something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Robert Moreno Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 As long as it doesn't impact performance then fine. Isn't one of the points of splash screens is to let the user know something is happening while the app loads?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Joshua Wilkins Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 2014's I/O spent a lot of time on how to speed up start times, minimize blank or seemingly unresponsive screens, and caching data in order to avoid needing these tricks. This year's I/O covered making things more animated and stylized. A simple flat image placeholder while loading seems counter to both initiatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_L I Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 As long as it doesn't do this every time you go into the app, only once it's cycled out of memory, then I'm fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Marlon Thompson Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 Lionel D the Google apps do it every time, espically maps, drive and now youtube. Maps seems to take the longest, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_L I Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Marlon Thompson I only get them when I've been out of the app for a while, but if I switch out and switch back in a few minutes later - no splash screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Marlon Thompson Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 Wow so when I created this poll I didn't realise I had subconsciously stolen Jason Howell "no big deal" from his infamous instagram post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Johan Appelgren Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Marlon Thompson? Sounds like too much is going on on your device so that the Google apps don't get cached in memory. So every time you start Maps it'll start from scratch. That's not a good place to be for performance and battery life. Might be that you have too little ram, some kind of process killer, too many apps that use or abuse services, too many apps that use or abuse broadcast receivers, too many apps that use or abuse alarms or any combination of all of these reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Beny Spensieri, Jr. Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I'm not a fan of an app advertising itself to me after I have already downloaded it. The choice to keep or uninstall will be based on functionality, not splash screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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