Firefox web app: Control duration of load screen

Question

I test installed a web app on an Android device with Firefox Aurora. What the user sees during startup:

1. Load screen 1: App's icon plus loader animation (green circle).

2. Load screen 2: App's own load screen (spinner on black background), indicating initialization.

3. The app, ready to use.

Is it possible to get rid of the second load screen?

In other words: Can I somehow control how long the first load screen appears?

Note: Naturally, I do not want to entirely get rid of the app's own load screen. It is necessary on normal browsers, since otherwise users may see the app in an uninitialized state.

Answer 1

There is currently no way to control the duration or content of the first load screen. A bug has been filed, however, and you can follow any further progress there.

You'll have to work around this problem in the short term, and two solutions that have been proposed are:

• Make your second load screen look like your app itself even though it won't be responsive (eg: screenshot of your app's last state). This trick is widely used in mobile apps.

• Make your second load screen look like the first load screen. The background color should always be predictable, if not, please file a bug!