Ionic v5 - IOS stuck on Splashscreen with loading indicator (works on Android)

The mobile app is working fine on Android but is getting stuck on Splashscreen showing loading indicator. I am not able to find any issue, a bit of help would be very much appreciated

ionic info

Ionic:

   Ionic CLI                     : 6.1.0 (C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@ionic\cli)
   Ionic Framework               : @ionic/angular 5.0.7
   @angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.803.26
   @angular-devkit/schematics    : 8.3.26
   @angular/cli                  : 8.3.26
   @ionic/angular-toolkit        : 2.2.0

Cordova:

   Cordova CLI       : 9.0.0 (cordova-lib@9.0.1)
   Cordova Platforms : android 8.1.0, ios 5.1.1
   Cordova Plugins   : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.2.0, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 4.1.3, (and 16 other plugins)

Utility:

   cordova-res : 0.11.0
   native-run  : 0.3.0

System:

   Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1 (C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk)
   NodeJS            : v13.8.0 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe)
   npm               : 6.13.6
   OS                : Windows 10

cordova plugins ls

cordova-plugin-androidx 1.0.2 "cordova-plugin-androidx"
cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter 1.1.0 "cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter"
cordova-plugin-camera 4.1.0 "Camera"
cordova-plugin-device 2.0.2 "Device"
cordova-plugin-facebook4 6.4.0 "Facebook Connect"
cordova-plugin-file 6.0.2 "File"
cordova-plugin-file-transfer 1.7.1 "File Transfer"
cordova-plugin-firebase-analytics 4.2.0 "FirebaseAnalyticsPlugin"
cordova-plugin-firebase-messaging 4.3.0 "FirebaseMessagingPlugin"
cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.2.0 "cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard"
cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 4.1.3 "cordova-plugin-ionic-webview"
cordova-plugin-media-capture 3.0.3 "Capture"
cordova-plugin-splashscreen 5.0.2 "Splashscreen"
cordova-plugin-statusbar 2.4.2 "StatusBar"
cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.3.3 "Whitelist"
cordova-plugin-x-socialsharing 5.6.4 "SocialSharing"
cordova-sqlite-storage 4.0.0 "Cordova sqlite storage plugin - cordova-sqlite-storage plugin version"
cordova-support-android-plugin 1.0.2 "cordova-support-android-plugin"
cordova-support-google-services 1.4.0 "cordova-support-google-services"
es6-promise-plugin 4.2.2 "Promise"

On my config.xml

    <preference name="WKWebViewOnly" value="true" />
    <preference name="Scheme" value="https" />
    <preference name="MixedContentMode" value="2" />
    <preference name="iosScheme" value="httpsionic" />
    <allow-navigation href="httpsionic://*" />
    <allow-navigation href="http://*/*" />

iOS LOG from XCode

2020-04-10 05:00:00.170670-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] <Warning>: Please set a value for FacebookAutoLogAppEventsEnabled. Set the flag to TRUE if you want to collect app install, app launch and in-app purchase events automatically. To request user consent before collecting data, set the flag value to FALSE, then change to TRUE once user consent is received. Learn more: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/app-events/getting-started-app-events-ios#disable-auto-events.
2020-04-10 05:00:00.172378-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] <Warning>: You haven't set a value for FacebookAdvertiserIDCollectionEnabled. Set the flag to TRUE if you want to collect Advertiser ID for better advertising and analytics results. To request user consent before collecting data, set the flag value to FALSE, then change to TRUE once user consent is received. Learn more: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/app-events/getting-started-app-events-ios#disable-auto-events.
2020-04-10 05:00:02.086914-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] DiskCookieStorage changing policy from 2 to 0, cookie file: file:///Users/joao/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/4B0780FA-57BD-4C5D-9483-7D486400AA54/data/Containers/Data/Application/DAA9F6B5-086D-40F2-A1AE-FB898E78452A/Library/Cookies/com.social.ai.binarycookies
2020-04-10 05:00:02.365964-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] Apache Cordova native platform version 5.1.1 is starting.
2020-04-10 05:00:02.367472-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] Multi-tasking -> Device: YES, App: YES
2020-04-10 05:00:03.741193-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] [CDVTimer][console] 0.434995ms
2020-04-10 05:00:03.743064-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] [CDVTimer][handleopenurl] 0.460982ms
2020-04-10 05:00:03.757038-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] [CDVTimer][intentandnavigationfilter] 12.492895ms
2020-04-10 05:00:03.758941-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] [CDVTimer][gesturehandler] 0.395060ms
2020-04-10 05:00:03.760944-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] Starting Facebook Connect plugin
2020-04-10 05:00:03.762140-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] [CDVTimer][facebookconnectplugin] 1.707077ms
2020-04-10 05:00:08.648467-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] [CDVTimer][file] 170.173049ms
2020-04-10 05:00:08.648894-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] Starting Firebase Analytics plugin
2020-04-10 05:00:10.120471-0700 Social AI[9953:61339] 6.21.0 - [Firebase/Core][I-COR000003] The default Firebase app has not yet been configured. Add `[FIRApp configure];` (`FirebaseApp.configure()` in Swift) to your application initialization. Read more: https://goo.gl/ctyzm8.
2020-04-10 05:00:12.490027-0700 Social AI[9953:61403] 6.21.0 - [Firebase/Messaging][I-FCM001000] FIRMessaging Remote Notifications proxy enabled, will swizzle remote notification receiver handlers. If you'd prefer to manually integrate Firebase Messaging, add "FirebaseAppDelegateProxyEnabled" to your Info.plist, and set it to NO. Follow the instructions at:
https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/ios/client#method_swizzling_in_firebase_messaging
to ensure proper integration.
2020-04-10 05:00:12.502290-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] [CDVTimer][firebaseanalytics] 3853.478074ms
2020-04-10 05:00:12.525287-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] [CDVTimer][firebasemessaging] 22.354007ms
2020-04-10 05:00:12.526806-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] CDVIonicKeyboard: resize mode 1
2020-04-10 05:00:12.545412-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] CDVIonicKeyboard: WARNING!!: Keyboard plugin works better with WK
2020-04-10 05:00:12.545865-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] [CDVTimer][cdvionickeyboard] 19.813061ms
2020-04-10 05:00:13.050973-0700 Social A2020-04-10 05:00:13.407828-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] [CDVTimer][splashscreen] 861.564040ms
I[9953:61341] 6.21.0 - [Firebase/Analytics][I-ACS023007] Analytics v.60400000 started
2020-04-10 05:00:13.899837-0700 Social AI[9953:61341] 6.21.0 - [Firebase/Analytics][I-ACS023008] To enable debug logging set the following application argument: -FIRAnalyticsDebugEnabled (see http://goo.gl/RfcP7r)
2020-04-10 05:00:14.123644-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] [CDVTimer][statusbar] 242.972016ms
2020-04-10 05:00:14.168461-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] [CDVTimer][socialsharing] 43.095946ms
2020-04-10 05:00:14.170107-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] [CDVTimer][TotalPluginStartup] 10429.569006ms
2020-04-10 05:00:19.570529-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] WF: === Starting WebFilter logging for process Social AI
2020-04-10 05:00:19.571030-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] WF: _userSettingsForUser : (null)
2020-04-10 05:00:19.571817-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] WF: _WebFilterIsActive returning: NO
2020-04-10 05:00:20.778427-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] FBSDKLog: starting with Graph API v2.4, GET requests for /2812174648865069/model_asset should contain an explicit "fields" parameter
2020-04-10 05:00:43.497779-0700 Social AI[9953:61409] 6.21.0 - [Firebase/Analytics][I-ACS800023] No pending snapshot to activate. SDK name: app_measurement
2020-04-10 05:00:43.519652-0700 Social AI[9953:61409] 6.21.0 - [Firebase/Analytics][I-ACS031025] Analytics screen reporting is enabled. Call +[FIRAnalytics setScreenName:setScreenClass:] to set the screen name or override the default screen class name. To disable screen reporting, set the flag FirebaseScreenReportingEnabled to NO (boolean) in the Info.plist
2020-04-10 05:00:51.721871-0700 Social AI[9953:61655] 6.21.0 - [Firebase/Analytics][I-ACS023012] Analytics collection enabled
2020-04-10 05:01:33.366768-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] Starting Firebase Messaging plugin 
 [ProcessSuspension] 0x110ca56c0 - ProcessAssertion::processAssertionWasInvalidated()
2020-04-10 05:01:35.491115-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] FB Hybrid app events cannot be enabled, this feature requires WKWebView
2020-04-10 05:01:36.407717-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] [ProcessSuspension] 0x110ca5720 - ProcessAssertion::processAssertionWasInvalidated()
2020-04-10 05:02:04.276395-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] Could not signal service com.apple.WebKit.WebContent: 113: Could not find specified service
2020-04-10 05:02:04.718519-0700 Social AI[9953:58501] Could not signal service com.apple.WebKit.Networking: 113: Could not find specified service

  1. You are setting <preference name="WKWebViewOnly" value="true" /> but according to the Output FB Hybrid app events cannot be enabled, this feature requires WKWebView and some other it doesn’t seem to work? I assume to research a bit because of this, because i think you want to use WkWebView.
  2. I think the last Log is the Problem, but i’m not sure. Where does it come from? Do you hide the Splash Screen by Code?

Thanks for the reply @EinfachHans

  1. Yes, I Would like to use WkWebView
  2. The splashscreen is being hide on device ready event implement by IONIC, I havent change that part, and its working fine on Android

I will do a bit of research regarding those issues saying I dont have the WKWebView enabled but its very weird

Any news here? I seem to be having the same issue.

I was experiencing the same problem and I solved it by re-installing the iOS platform

ionic cordova platform rm ios
ionic cordova platform add ios@latest

Hi, have you solved the issue? can you please help me with it? I’m having the same issue

hi, can you tell how did you manage this issue? I’m facing to same problem