iPhone 4 retina launch image in Assets.xcassets results in no launch image with iPad 7.x

Question

I have an iPhone app built with Xcode 7. Its deployment target is 7.0. At first, when running the app on the iPad, there no launch images.

I later solved it by checking iOS 6.0 and Prior so launch images would appear on the iPad. But now i get " An iphone retina (4-inch) launch image for ios 7.0 and later is required. " in the Assets.xcassets.

Whenever I try to add the images for iPad Portrait, Landscape and iPhone Portrait in iOS 7.0 and later, the error disappears, however no launch images appear on my iPad 3rd gen. How can i fix that?

Answer 1

Check to see if you have more than one collection of launch images in your Assets.xcassets.

After using the "Migrate" button in Xcode 7.3.1 I unintentionally ended up with two collections, each mysteriously created by Xcode. The original was named LaunchImage, the Migrate button also created Brand Assets collection. Each held some launch images.

I too got your error:

Assets.xcassets: An iPhone Retina (4-inch) launch image for iOS 7.0 and later is required.

1. I deleted the Brand Assets collection.
2. On Target > General > App Icons and Launch images > Launch Images Source, I set the popup to LaunchImage rather than Brand Assets.
3. Hold down Option key while choosing menu item Product > Clean build folder.

My LaunchImage collection was already populated successfully with all required launch images. That error message disappeared.