Question: I was trying to make my splash screen animated and i found [this post](https://coursetro.com/posts/code/51/How-to-Make-an-Animated-Ionic-Splash-Page-with-HTML-&-CSS) very useful. But now the default splash screen can't be removed, I have tried all solutions on internet but no success. This is my Ionic version information.

```
Cordova CLI: 6.5.0
Ionic Framework Version: 2.2.0
Ionic CLI Version: 2.2.2
Ionic App Lib Version: 2.2.1
Ionic App Scripts Version: 1.1.3
ios-deploy version: Not installed
ios-sim version: Not installed
OS: macOS Sierra

```

Answer: 
Just edit in Android Studio conifg.xml (app -> res -> xml -> config.xml), just add `<preference name="Fullscreen" value="true" />` and run your app!
The best way is to install this plugin. 

<https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-custom-config>

Installation:

```
cordova plugin add cordova-custom-config 

```

If using Cordova version => 6.2.0 use:

```
cordova plugin add cordova-custom-config --fetch

```

Then you can edit the Android theme by editing your config.xml

```
<preference name="android-manifest/application/activity/@android:theme" value="@android:style/Theme.Light.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"/>

```

This should hide the navigation bar and give you a full screen experience.