Is there an alternative to splash screen in mobile application?

Question

Mobile development

According to android recommendations, it is better not to put splash screen in the program. When the application opens, while the stub is shown, the token will be validated. If its expiration date has expired, then I show the login form. If everything is fine, then I make about 4-5 more requests to load the latest data from the server. Next, a map of the area with which the user is already working is shown.
If you remove the stub and show the map right away, and after a couple of seconds you find out that the token is not working, then it will not be very nice to return the user to the login form.
What's the best way to do it here? Who does what?

Answer 1

Maybe make a screen that says "Loading data" and a progress bar?