How can I remove the Android black screen at load-after preview, before splash screen

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There is a black screen appearing at App Launch on Android, after the Android Preview image and before Unity splash screen.
I couldn’t find an Unity app that has a different (non-black) start color screen so far. The order of appearing (resulting in an ugly flash)

  • android theme color preview
  • unknown black screen
  • unity splash screen
  • our scene

Android 5.1.1, 6.0.1 (and more)
Built with Unity 5.3.4.f1
Empty project with Android theme set as any color and a custom unity splash screen image/color.

  1. Example custom android manifest

    < resources>
    < color name=“xx_custom_theme_color”>#b0b0ff < /color>
    < style name=“xxCustomStyle” parent=“@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen”>
    < item name=“android:windowBackground”>@color/xx_custom_theme_color< /item>
    < item name=“android:colorBackground”>@color/xx_custom_theme_color< /item>
    < !-- @drawable/notification_badge< /item> →
    < !-- true< /item> →
    < /style>
    < /resources>

Has anyone made an app/game with a non-black start screen?

2

I have the same issue. Fixed it for iOS by deleting the launch image within Xcode. I guess it might be possible to do in Android studio as well but I can’t figure out how.