How do I make a splash screen for my MATLAB GUI application?

I would like to make a splash screen for my application, a window that pops up with a logo in it while my program is loading. I can make a figure pop up, but this has a menu and toolbar.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The ability to create splash screens is not available in MATLAB.

As a workaround, the following code should produce an example figure window in the center of the screen:

% create a figure that is not visible yet, and has minimal titlebar properties

fh = figure('Visible','off','MenuBar','none','NumberTitle','off');

% put an axes in it

ah = axes('Parent',fh,'Visible','off');

% put the image in it

load earth.mat

ih = image(X,'parent',ah);

colormap(map)

% set the figure size to be just big enough for the image, and centered at

% the center of the screen

imxpos = get(ih,'XData');

imypos = get(ih,'YData');

set(ah,'Unit','Normalized','Position',[0,0,1,1]);

figpos = get(fh,'Position');

figpos(3:4) = [imxpos(2) imypos(2)];

set(fh,'Position',figpos);

movegui(fh,'center')

% make the figure visible

set(fh,'Visible','on');

ht = timer('StartDelay',5,'ExecutionMode','SingleShot');

set(ht,'TimerFcn','close(fh);stop(ht);delete(ht)');

start(ht);

Unfortunately, the blue bar at the top of the window and the standard window buttons will be present. This sample should automatically readjust for different window sizes.