When opening app it stays on blank screen

[AaronSterling]

Android: Splashcreen shows much longer then device.ready() takes to fire

Two main sources of trouble: 1) your code, or 2) plugin code Re 1): Import as little as possible into app.module.ts. Lazy load all your pages, and make sure the modules you import are not asking for much at startup. Registering providers is fine. But building pages or doing array initialization is not. Also, put nothing in the constructor of app.component.ts. Stick all the hard work in ionViewWillEnter or ngAfterViewInit or a similar life cycle hook. Re 2) Much harder to diagnose by foru…