How to: Add DXSplashScreen to Your Project

Dec 11, 2025

Note

You are viewing documentation for the legacy DXSplashScreen. We recommend that you use the Splash Screen Manager or the SplashScreenManagerService to add the splash screen functionality to your applications.

DXSplashScreen can be added to your application at design time from a project’s menu. After it has been added to the project, call specific code to invoke the generated splash screen at startup.

Adding DXSplashScreen to a Project

Right-click the project in Solution Explorer and select Add DevExpress Item | New Item..
In the invoked DevExpress Template Gallery, click the DXSplashScreen item.

When you add DXSplashScreen to a project, it generates a XAML file that defines the splash screen. The default splash screen images are also added to the project. Edit the generated XAML to customize the splash screen.

After DXSplashScreen is added to your project, you need to invoke it on application startup. It can be invoked automatically or manually.