How do I make a splash screen? [closed]

Answer 1

This is the best post I've seen on splash screens: http://saulmm.github.io/avoding-android-cold-starts

Saúl Molinero goes into two different options for splash screens: Taking advantage of the window background to animate into your initial screen and displaying placeholder UI (which is a popular choice that Google uses for most of their apps these days).

I refer to this post every time I need to consider cold start time and avoiding user dropoff due to long startup times.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

1. Create an Activity SplashScreen.java

   public class SplashScreen extends Activity {
   protected boolean _active = true;
   protected int _splashTime = 3000; // time to display the splash screen in ms
   
   
   
   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       setContentView(R.layout.splashscreen);
   
       Thread splashTread = new Thread() {
           @Override
           public void run() {
               try {
                   int waited = 0;
                   while (_active && (waited < _splashTime)) {
                       sleep(100);
                       if (_active) {
                           waited += 100;
                       }
                   }
               } catch (Exception e) {
   
               } finally {
   
                   startActivity(new Intent(SplashScreen.this,
                           MainActivity.class));
                   finish();
               }
           };
                };
       splashTread.start();
   }
    }
   

2. splashscreen.xml will be like this

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     android:layout_width="600px" android:layout_height="1024px"
     android:background="#FF0000">
   </RelativeLayout> 
   

Answer 3

This is the full code here

SplashActivity.java

public class SplashActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

private final int SPLASH_DISPLAY_DURATION = 1000;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle bundle) {
    super.onCreate(bundle);


    new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable(){
        @Override
        public void run() {

            Intent mainIntent = new Intent(SplashActivity.this,MainActivity.class);
            SplashActivity.this.startActivity(mainIntent);
            SplashActivity.this.finish();
        }
    }, SPLASH_DISPLAY_DURATION);
}}

In drawables create this bg_splash.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

<item
    android:drawable="@color/app_color"/>

<item>
    <bitmap
        android:gravity="center"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_in_app_logo_big"/>
</item></layer-list>

In styles.xml create a custom theme

<style name="SplashTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
    <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/bg_splash</item>
</style>

and finally in AndroidManifest.xml specify the theme to your activity

<activity
        android:name=".activities.SplashActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait"
        android:theme="@style/SplashTheme">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

Cheers.

Answer 4

Splash screen example :

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    private ImageView splashImageView;
    boolean splashloading = false;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        splashImageView = new ImageView(this);
        splashImageView.setScaleType(ScaleType.FIT_XY);
        splashImageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_launcher);
        setContentView(splashImageView);
        splashloading = true;
        Handler h = new Handler();
        h.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                splashloading = false;
                setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
            }

        }, 3000);

    }

}

Answer 5

In Kotlin write this code:-

 Handler().postDelayed({
            val mainIntent = Intent(this@SplashActivity, LoginActivity::class.java)
            startActivity(mainIntent)
            finish()
        }, 500)

Hope this will help you.Thanks........

Answer 6

you will not use a layout file. Instead, specify your splash screen’s background as the activity’s theme background. To do this, first create an XML drawable in res/drawable.

Note: all code below is available GitHub Link

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <item
        android:drawable="@color/gray"/>

    <item>
        <bitmap
            android:gravity="center"
            android:src="@mipmap/ic_launcher"/>
    </item>

</layer-list>

Here, I’ve set up a background color and an image.

Next, you will set this as your splash activity’s background in the theme. Navigate to your styles.xml file and add a new theme for your splash activity:

<resources>

    <!-- Base application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    </style>

    <style name="SplashTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
        <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/background_splash</item>
    </style>

</resources>

In your new SplashTheme, set the window background attribute to your XML drawable. Configure this as your splash activity’s theme in your AndroidManifest.xml:

<activity
    android:name=".SplashActivity"
    android:theme="@style/SplashTheme">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

Finally, your SplashActivity class should just forward you along to your main activity:

public class SplashActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        Intent intent = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
        startActivity(intent);
        finish();
    }
}

Notice that you don’t even set up a view for this SplashActivity. The view comes from the theme. When you set up the UI for your splash activity in the theme, it is available immediately.

If you did have a layout file for your splash activity, that layout file would be visible to the user only after your app has been fully initialized, which is too late. You want the splash to be displayed only in that small amount of time before the app is initialized.