bug: Splashscreen does not hide

[mbakker96]

Bug Report

Capacitor Version

$ npx cap doctor
💊   Capacitor Doctor  💊

Latest Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 2.4.2
  @capacitor/core: 2.4.2
  @capacitor/android: 2.4.2
  @capacitor/electron: 2.4.2
  @capacitor/ios: 2.4.2

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli 2.4.2
  @capacitor/core 2.4.2
  @capacitor/android 2.4.2
  @capacitor/ios 2.4.2
  @capacitor/electron not installed

[success] Android looking great! 👌
  Found 1 Capacitor plugin for ios:
    cordova-plugin-whitelist (1.3.4)
[success] iOS looking great! 👌

Platform(s)

[ x ] iOS [ ] Android ? [ ] Web

Not tested on android

Current Behavior

I disabled the autohide function in the capacitor.config.json file because the splash screen most be visible until a resolve of an API response. To hide the splash screen I used Splashscreen.hide() (capacitor) and this.splashscreen.hide (ionic-native). By both the splash screen did not hide.

Expected Behavior

When calling Splashscreen.hide, the splash screen should hide and the application should be visible.

Code Reproduction

https://github.com/mbakker96/splashscreen

Other Technical Details

npm --version output: 6.14.6

node --version output: v10.22.0

pod --version output (iOS issues only): 1.9.3

Additional Context

I only tested it on iOS and to mock an API request I used the timeout function. The example application is not my real application, but I have made a mock application to display the issue.

[jcesarmobile]

You are using the plugin wrong, check the docs.

You don't have to import the plugin directly from core, but the Plugins object that contains all Capacitor plugins.

Replace import {SplashScreen} from '@capacitor/core'; with

import { Plugins } from '@capacitor/core';
const { SplashScreen } = Plugins;

This has been a common problem, probably related to vs code or other editors making auto imports from the wrong place. Luckily in Capacitor 3 you'll be able to import the plugins directly instead of using the Plugins object.

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