How to enable native resolution for apps on iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

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Xcode 6 GM now includes simulators for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus  and by default they run apps in a scaled mode   To enable the new screen size I tried adding Default-667h 2x png which seems to do a part of the trick since the app now fails to run at all  with the error  Unable to run app in Simulator     An error was encountered while running  Domain   LaunchServicesError  Code   0     Has anyone figured out how to get an app actually run in the 6 6  resolution

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If you are using asset catalogs  go to the LaunchImages asset catalog and add the new launch images for the two new iPhones  You may need to right-click and choose  Add New Launch Image  to see a place to add the new images   The iPhone 6  Retina HD 4 7  requires a portrait launch image of 750 x 1334   The iPhone 6 Plus  Retina HD 5 5  requires both portrait and landscape images sized as 1242 x 2208 and 2208 x 1242 respectively

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Do the following  see in photo    Goto asset catalog right-click and choose  Add New Launch Image    iPhone 6 -  750 x 1334   iPhone 6 Plus -  1242 x 2208 and 2208 x 1242

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If you are using asset catalog  and have multiple targets both using same asset catalog file  be sure that this file has checked both targets in the right panel in xcode   That was my problem

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You can add a launch screen file that appears to work for multiple screen sizes   I just added the MainStoryboard as a launch screen file and that stopped the app from scaling   I think I will need to add a permanent launch screen later  but that got the native resolution up and working quickly    In Xcode  go to your target  general and add the launch screen file there

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I ve made basic black launch screens that will make the app scale properly on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6    iPhone 6 Portrait  iPhone 6 Plus Portrait  If you already have a LaunchImage in your  xcassett  open it  switch to the third tab in the right menu in Xcode and tick the iOS 8 0 iPhone images to add them to the existing set  Then drag the images over

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I didn t want to introduce an asset catalog     Per the answer from seahorseseaeo here  adding the following to info plist worked for me    I edited it as a  source code     I then named the images Default-667h 2x png and Default-736h 3x png   lt key gt UILaunchImages lt  key gt   lt array gt       lt dict gt           lt key gt UILaunchImageMinimumOSVersion lt  key gt           lt string gt 8 0 lt  string gt           lt key gt UILaunchImageName lt  key gt           lt string gt Default-667h lt  string gt           lt key gt UILaunchImageOrientation lt  key gt           lt string gt Portrait lt  string gt           lt key gt UILaunchImageSize lt  key gt           lt string gt  375  667  lt  string gt       lt  dict gt       lt dict gt           lt key gt UILaunchImageMinimumOSVersion lt  key gt           lt string gt 8 0 lt  string gt           lt key gt UILaunchImageName lt  key gt           lt string gt Default-736h lt  string gt           lt key gt UILaunchImageOrientation lt  key gt           lt string gt Portrait lt  string gt           lt key gt UILaunchImageSize lt  key gt           lt string gt  414  736  lt  string gt       lt  dict gt   lt  array gt

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An error was encountered while running  Domain   LaunchServicesError  Code   0    Usually this indicates that installd returned an error during the install process  bad resources or similar    Unfortunately  Xcode does not display the actual underlying error  feel free to file dupes of this known bug    You should check   Library Logs CoreSimulator CoreSimulator log which will log the underlying error for you

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Note that iPhone 6 will use the 320pt  640px  resolution if you have enabled the  Display Zoom  in iPhone   Settings   Display  amp  Brightness   View

[ios] How to enable native resolution for apps on iPhone 6 and 6 Plus?

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