Since expo-app-loading is being deprecated, can the readme change to expo-splash-screen

[Obay Abdelgadir]

As said in the title, the expo-app-loading is being deprecated, and the example in the readme page would be better if it was using the new expo-splash-screen.

[Dody Eid]

Seconding this! How do I use this package without using expo-app-loading?

[Dody Eid]

I found a dirty fix for this , but not too dirty since I don't get warnings or errors.

Instead of using expo-app-loading, I do this:

if (!fontsLoaded) { return null; }

Working like a charm in latest SDK. Im not an expert, so if someone sees an issue with this, lmk!

[Cory Simmons]

Agreed, it'd be nicer to just copy/paste something from this README, but for posterity, https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/font/#usage tells us how.

import { Inter_900Black, useFonts } from '@expo-google-fonts/inter'
import * as SplashScreen from 'expo-splash-screen'
import { useCallback } from 'react'
import { Text, View } from 'react-native'

SplashScreen.preventAutoHideAsync()

export default function IndexScreen() {
  const [fontsLoaded] = useFonts({
    Inter_900Black,
  })

  const onLayoutRootView = useCallback(async () => {
    if (fontsLoaded) {
      await SplashScreen.hideAsync()
    }
  }, [fontsLoaded])

  if (!fontsLoaded) {
    return null
  }

  return (
    <View style={{ flex: 1 }} onLayout={onLayoutRootView}>
      <Text>Hi</Text>
    </View>
  )
}