Still happening and, yeah, I do receive the exclamation point notification on the PvP, despite there not being a defense win/loss to report. As soon as I tap on that, the splash screen triggers and I get my daily loot in the mail.
I think it’s fine this way as I get my goodies from kingdoms as soon as the game loads rather than experiencing the whole daily splash screen first. Helps to keep me on time for subsequent “rent” collections and tributes.