How to add SplashScreen in WPF application

You can add SplashScreen easily of WPF application.

1-Create image that you want to use as a splash screen. 

You can use any image format like BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, or TIFF format.

2-Right click on project and click on existing Items then add image to project

3-In Solution Explorer, select the image.

4- In the Properties window of image, click the drop-down arrow for the Build Action property.

Select SplashScreen from the drop-down list.

5- Press F5 , SplashScreen will show before application start.

this is useful when application start-up is slow.