Do you have this in your didFinishLaunchingWithOptions? rootView.backgroundColor = [[UIColor alloc] initWithRed:1.0f green:1.0f blue:1.0f alpha:1];  self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];  UIViewController *rootViewController = [UIViewController new];  rootViewController.view = rootView;  self.window.rootViewController = rootViewController;  [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];