I haven't looked at the 4. X docs, but it APPEARS that you can use the start method in IApplication to handle this before the GUI starts.
The splash screen is shown by the launcher (typical eclipse. Exe or similar) before the Java VM is stated at all. The splash screen is shown based on the entry osgi.
SplashPath=platform\:/base/plugins/... in configuration/config.ini.
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