ios - Splash screen with heavy codes in monotouch

Question

We now that in monotouch and for iPhone / ipad application when we want to have splash screen before app lunch we should to set launch image in info.plist file and it will show this image before application launches.

But what is the best way to implement a splash screen when we want to have a splash that runs some heavy codes in background and not disappear until these operations had not completed? Some codes like downloading application config from internet and saving theme that often used in splash screen.

Answer 1

Possible solution:

• Make a SplashViewController, which contains same image as app's splash image. Also it contains UIActivityIndicatorView;
• In AppDelegate's FinishedLaunching method make new instance of SplashViewController, set it as window.RootViewController, call:

activityIndicator.StartAnimating();

• Runs some heavy codes in background;
• When it's done, set window.RootViewController to ViewController, which is app's starting point.