Ios app stuck on splashscreen on app restart

I have an Ionic 2 app which works fine on the first installation. But it gets stuck on the splashscreen if the app is removed from background and then resumed again. I have tried

<preference name="AutoHideSplashScreen" value="true" />

which starts showing a blank screen after sometime.

Following is my Ionic Info

cli packages: (/Users/greyshack/Desktop/quitch-app/node_modules)

@ionic/cli-utils  : 1.19.0
ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.19.0

global packages:

cordova (Cordova CLI) : 7.1.0 

local packages:

@ionic/app-scripts : 2.0.2
Cordova Platforms  : android 6.4.0 ios 4.5.4
Ionic Framework    : ionic-angular 3.5.3

System:

ios-deploy : 1.9.2 
Node       : v6.11.4
npm        : 3.10.10 
OS         : macOS Sierra
Xcode      : Xcode 9.0.1 Build version 9A1004 

Environment Variables:

ANDROID_HOME : not set

Misc:

backend : legacy

And my plugin lists

com-sarriaroman-photoviewer 1.1.10 "PhotoViewer"
cordova-plugin-compat 1.2.0 "Compat"
cordova-plugin-device 1.1.6 "Device"
cordova-plugin-fcm 2.1.2 "FCMPlugin"
cordova-plugin-file 4.3.3 "File"
cordova-plugin-file-opener2 2.0.19 "File Opener2"
cordova-plugin-file-transfer 1.6.3 "File Transfer"
cordova-plugin-firebase 0.1.24 "Google Firebase Plugin"
cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 1.1.16 "cordova-plugin-ionic-webview"
cordova-plugin-network-information 1.3.3 "Network Information"
cordova-plugin-splashscreen 4.1.0 "Splashscreen"
cordova-plugin-statusbar 2.2.3 "StatusBar"
cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.3.2 "Whitelist"
cordova-plugin-youtube-video-player 1.0.6 "CordovaYoutubeVideoPlayer"
cordova-sqlite-storage 1.5.3 "Cordova sqlite storage plugin"
ionic-plugin-keyboard 2.2.1 "Keyboard"

Any help is highly appreciated.

Update
If I use AutoHideSplashScreen true, I get a white screen.

Your app has a bug.

Did you remote debug the problem on the device already? Follow these instructions here to debug the problem in Safari dev tools: Remote Debug your Ionic App ยท ionic.zone Look at the console and network tabs for errors.