Splash Screen

Android Splash Screen Using Timer

1. Create a new project in Eclipse by navigating to File ⇒ New Android ⇒ Application Project and fill required details. (I kept my main activity name as MainActivity.java)

2. For Splash Screen we are creating a separate activity. Create a new class in your package and name it as SplashScreenActivity.java

3. Open your your AndroidManifest.xml file and make your splash screen activity as Launcher activity.

AndroidManifest.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    package="com.example.splashscreen"

    android:versionCode="1"

    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk

        android:minSdkVersion="8"

        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />

    <application

        android:allowBackup="true"

        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"

        android:label="@string/app_name"

        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

        <activity

            android:name="com.example.splashscreen.SplashScreenActivity"

            android:label="@string/app_name" >

            <intent-filter>

                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

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

            </intent-filter>

        </activity>

         <activity

            android:name="com.example.splashscreen.MainActivity"

            android:label="@string/app_name" >

        </activity>

    </application>

</manifest>

4. Create a layout file for splash screen under res ⇒ layout folder. I named the layout file asactivity_splash_screen.xml. This layout normally contains your app logo or company logo.

activity_splash_screen.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    android:layout_width="match_parent"

    android:layout_height="match_parent"

    android:background="#000000" >

    <ImageView

        android:id="@+id/imgLogo"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_centerInParent="true"

        android:src="@drawable/android_splash_screen_design" />

    <TextView

        android:layout_width="fill_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"

        android:textSize="12dp"

        android:textColor="#454545"

        android:gravity="center_horizontal"

        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"

        android:text="www.androidhive.info" />

</RelativeLayout>

5. Add the following code in SplashScreenActivity.java activity. In this following code a handler is used to wait for specific time and once the timer is out we launched main activity.

SplashScreenActivity.java:

package com.example.splashscreen;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.content.Intent;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.os.Handler;

public class SplashScreenActivity extends Activity {

    // Splash screen timer

    private static int SPLASH_TIME_OUT = 3000;

    @Override

    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_splash_screen);

        new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {

            /*

             * Showing splash screen with a timer. This will be useful when you

             * want to show case your app logo / company

             */

            @Override

            public void run() {

                // This method will be executed once the timer is over

                // Start your app main activity

                Intent i = new Intent(SplashScreenActivity.this, MainActivity.class);

                startActivity(i);

                // close this activity

                finish();

            }

        }, SPLASH_TIME_OUT);

    }

}

See Result: