Every iOS app must provide a launch screen, a screen that displays while your app launches. The launch screen appears instantly when your app starts up and is quickly replaced with the app’s first screen.
Without the Launch Screen, the App will be displayed zoomed or letterboxed on newer devices, instead, the presence of it tells the system that the App can run natively on newer device types.
EDIT: Additionally, all the LaunchImages has been removed, as they are now substituted by the new Launch Screen.storyboard.
From Specifying you app's launch screen:
Without the Launch Screen, the App will be displayed zoomed or letterboxed on newer devices, instead, the presence of it tells the system that the App can run natively on newer device types.
EDIT: Additionally, all the
LaunchImageshas been removed, as they are now substituted by the newLaunch Screen.storyboard.Previously:
After: