This was a question posed by Cyrus that I solved over email. Figured I'd share it here for anyone who might be interested. The question is, how do I load a screen that's not associated with any of my "tabs" when the app first starts up? This is different from a splash screen, in that it can be any type of plugin (i.e., custom url, etc). Here's the solution - keep in mind that you won't be able to get back to this screen after you click on a tab, unless you add some custom code in the navigation controller or have a link to that screen on some other menu. But, here you go: In your BT_application.m file, look for an if/then check near the very bottom of the file that looks like this: //if we have tabs..(something seriously wrong if we don't!) if([tmpViewControllers count] > 0){ //select first tab [rootTabBarController setSelectedIndex:0]; //fire the viewWillAppear method in the selected tab [rootTabBarController.navigationController viewWillAppear:NO]; } Now, add the following code after [rootTabBarController setSelectedIndex:0]; : myslideout_appDelegate *appDelegate = (myslideout_appDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate]; BT_item *screenObjectToLoad = nil; screenObjectToLoad = [appDelegate.rootApp getScreenDataByItemId:@"DAF22F0EC7AF04732DB4ABC"]; [BT_viewControllerManager handleTapToLoadScreen:screenObjectToLoad:screenObjectToLoad:screenObjectToLoad]; Of course, you'll need to replace the itemID above (DAF22F0EC7AF04732DB4ABC) with the itemID of whatever screen you want to display.

Thanks Chris, Great info for developers! It would also be nice to set a value somewhere so you could only show the screen once. Like an instructions screen that would only ever show once ... just a thought. cheers Darrel

Ah yes - you're referring to the plugin I'm planning...

Good one ... looking forward to it!

And for completeness, don't forget to replace this: myslideout_appDelegate with : yourprojectname_appDelegate each place that it appears in the above code.

Oh yea - good catch Stobe!

I like it!

For robustness, reference the Screen's Nickname instead of it's ID. I am not near the Computer, replace getScreenDataByItemId with xxxx?xxxx -- Niraj

Hi Chris, Thanks for your help once again! Further more, the main purpose is to display animated background images by using custom URL screen assign to be the homescreen. It would be much appreciated if someone could share their knowledge on how to add a custom code in the navigation controller and link those screen back to home. Cheers Cyrus