How do I make a splash screen

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I wanted to make my app look more professional  so I decided that I wanted to make a splash screen   How would I create it and then implement it

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Create an activity  Splash Create a layout XML file  splash xml Put UI components in the splash xml layout so it looks how you want your Splash java may look like this   public class Splash extends Activity        Override     public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout splash            int secondsDelayed   1          new Handler   postDelayed new Runnable                     public void run                             startActivity new Intent Splash this  ActivityB class                            finish                                 secondsDelayed   1000            change ActivityB class to whichever activity you want to start after the splash screen check your manifest file and it should look like              lt activity             android name   HomeScreen              android label   string app name  gt                lt  activity gt            lt activity             android name   Splash              android label   string title activity splash screen  gt                    lt intent-filter gt                   lt action android name  android intent action MAIN    gt                   lt category android name  android intent category LAUNCHER    gt               lt  intent-filter gt           lt  activity gt

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- Add in SplashActivity      public class SplashActivity extends Activity           private ProgressBar progressBar         int i 0         Context context         private GoogleApiClient googleApiClient           Override        protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState               super onCreate savedInstanceState              setContentView R layout activity splash              context   this              new Handler   postDelayed new Runnable                     Override                public void run                        startActivity new Intent Splash this  LoginActivity class                       finish                                   2000                      - Add in activity splash xml      lt RelativeLayout    xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android         xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools         xmlns custom  http   schemas android com apk res-auto         android background   color colorAccent         android layout width  match parent         android layout height  match parent         tools context   Splash  gt           lt ImageView            android id    id ivLogo             android layout width  match parent             android layout height  match parent             android src   mipmap icon splash             android layout centerHorizontal  true             android layout centerVertical  true   gt            lt ProgressBar            android id    id circle progress             style   android attr progressBarStyleHorizontal             android layout width  fill parent             android layout height  wrap content             android layout alignParentBottom  true             android layout marginBottom  5dp             android max  100             android progressTint   color green             android visibility  visible    gt       lt  RelativeLayout gt     - Add in AndroidManifest xml       lt activity android name  ex com SplashActivity  gt                  lt intent-filter gt                      lt action android name  android intent action MAIN    gt                       lt category android name  android intent category LAUNCHER    gt                  lt  intent-filter gt              lt  activity gt

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Really easy  amp  gr8 approach     First create your splash with the following website    https   www norio be android-feature-graphic-generator   Choose your logo and slogan  choose your beautiful background  resize it to 4096x4096  Now download that picture and uplodate it to     https   apetools webprofusion com app   tools imagegorilla  And generate all the splash screens needed  all devices  all platforms    Enjoy   There are enough answers here that will help with the implementation  this post was meant to help others with the first step of creating the splash screen

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You can add this in your onCreate Method  new Handler   postDelayed new Runnable                      Override                 public void run                            going to next activity                     Intent i new Intent SplashScreenActivity this MainActivity class                       startActivity i                       finish                                    time     And initialize your time value in milliseconds as yo want     private  static int time 5000    for more detail download full code from this link     https   github com Mr-Perfectt Splash-Screen

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Splash screen is a little unusable object in Android  it can not be loaded as soon as possible for hiding the delay of main activity starting  There are two reasons to use it  advertising and network operations    Implementation as dialog makes jump without delay from splash screen to main UI of activity   public class SplashDialog extends Dialog       ImageView splashscreen      SplashLoader loader      int splashTime   4000       public SplashDialog Context context  int theme            super context  theme               Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout activity splash           setCancelable false            new Handler   postDelayed new Runnable                  Override             public void run                     cancel                             splashTime              Layout    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt    lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  fill parent      android background   color white  gt        lt ImageView         android id    id splashscreen          android layout width  190dp          android layout height  190dp          android background   drawable whistle          android layout centerInParent  true    gt    lt  RelativeLayout gt    And start   public class MyActivity extends ActionBarActivity        Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState            if  getIntent   getCategories      null  amp  amp   getIntent   getCategories   contains  android intent category LAUNCHER                  showSplashScreen                         protected Dialog splashDialog      protected void showSplashScreen             splashDialog   new SplashDialog this  R style SplashScreen           splashDialog show

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Its really simple in android we just use handler concept to implement the splash screen  In your SplashScreenActivity java file paste this code    In your SplashScreenActivity xml file put any picture using imageview   public void LoadScreen             final Handler handler   new Handler            handler postDelayed new Runnable                  Override             public void run                                      Intent i   new Intent SplashScreenActivity this  AgilanbuGameOptionsActivity class                   startActivity i                            2000

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Here is a simple one    Lunox  MainActivity java  package com example splashscreen   import androidx appcompat app AppCompatActivity  import android os Bundle   public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity         Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout activity main             splashscreen java  package com example splashscreen   import android app Activity  import android content Intent  import android os Bundle  import android os Handler   public class splashscreen extends Activity        Override     public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout splashscreen              Splash Screen duration         int secondsDelayed   1          new Handler   postDelayed new Runnable                 public void run                     startActivity new Intent splashscreen this  MainActivity class                    finish                             secondsDelayed   3000             activity main xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt androidx constraintlayout widget ConstraintLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns app  http   schemas android com apk res-auto      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      tools context   MainActivity  gt        lt TextView         android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android text  Hello World           app layout constraintBottom toBottomOf  parent          app layout constraintLeft toLeftOf  parent          app layout constraintRight toRightOf  parent          app layout constraintTop toTopOf  parent    gt    lt  androidx constraintlayout widget ConstraintLayout gt    splashscreen xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android orientation  vertical  android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android background   drawable splashlogo         gt    splashlogo png  splashlogo png  GitHub  SplashScreen

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public class SplashActivity extends Activity      Context ctx      Override   protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState          super onCreate savedInstanceState         ctx   this        setContentView R layout activity splash          Thread thread   new Thread              public void run                  try                     sleep 3000                   catch  InterruptedException e                      e printStackTrace                                   Intent in   new Intent ctx MainActivity class                 startActivity in                 finish                               thread start

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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

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How about a super-flexible launch screen that can use the same code and is defined in the AndroidManifest xml  so the code will never need to change  I generally develop libraries of code and do not like customizing code because it is sloppy    lt activity         android name   SplashActivity  gt           lt intent-filter gt               lt action android name  android intent action MAIN    gt               lt category android name  android intent category LAUNCHER    gt           lt  intent-filter gt           lt meta-data android name  launch class  android value  com mypackage MyFirstActivity    gt           lt meta-data android name  duration  android value  5000    gt   lt  activity gt    Then the SpashActivity itself looks up the meta-data for  launch class  to then make the Intent itself  The meta data  duration  defines how long the splash screen stays up   public class SplashActivity extends Activity        Called when the activity is first created      Override public void onCreate Bundle icicle        super onCreate icicle       setContentView R layout activity splash        ComponentName componentName   new ComponentName this  this getClass          try           Bundle bundle   null          bundle   getPackageManager   getActivityInfo componentName  PackageManager GET META DATA  metaData          String launch class   bundle getString  launch class              default of 2 seconds  otherwise defined in manifest         int duration   bundle getInt  duration   2000            if launch class    null                try                   final Class lt   gt  c   Class forName launch class                    new Handler   postDelayed new Runnable                          Override                     public void run                             Intent intent   new Intent SplashActivity this  c                           startActivity intent                           finish                                             duration                  catch  ClassNotFoundException e                    e printStackTrace                                  catch  PackageManager NameNotFoundException e            e printStackTrace

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After Android Marshmallow  other Productive use of Splash screen I come to think of is requesting necessary Android Permissions in your app s splash screen    it seems like most apps handle permission request this way    Dialogs make bad UIX and they break the main flow and make you decide on runtime and truth is most users might not even care if your app want to write something on SD card  Some of them might not even understand what we are trying to convey until we translate it in plain english  Requesting permissions at one time make less number of  if else  before every operation and make your code looks clutter free    This is a example of how you can ask for permissions in your splash activity for device running Android OS 23      If all permissions are granted OR already granted OR app is running on Pre Marshmallow THEN just go and display main contents with little delay of half second so that user can appreciate effort we had put in reading this question and trying to give our best   import android Manifest  import android annotation TargetApi  import android app AlertDialog  import android content DialogInterface  import android content Intent  import android content pm PackageManager  import android os Build  import android os Bundle  import android os Handler  import android support v7 app AppCompatActivity  import android widget Toast   import com c2h5oh beer R  import com c2h5oh beer utils Animatrix   import java util ArrayList  import java util HashMap  import java util List  import java util Map   public class SplashActivity extends AppCompatActivity        final private int REQUEST CODE ASK MULTIPLE PERMISSIONS   124        Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout splash              show animations          Animatrix scale findViewById R id title play   100           Animatrix scale findViewById R id title edit   100           Animatrix scale findViewById R id title record   100           Animatrix scale findViewById R id title share   100            if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   23                    Marshmallow  Permission APIs             fuckMarshMallow               else                   Pre-Marshmallow                Display main contents             displaySplashScreen                          Override     public void onRequestPermissionsResult int requestCode  String   permissions  int   grantResults            switch  requestCode                case REQUEST CODE ASK MULTIPLE PERMISSIONS                    Map lt String  Integer gt  perms   new HashMap lt String  Integer gt                        Initial                 perms put Manifest permission READ EXTERNAL STORAGE  PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED                   perms put Manifest permission RECORD AUDIO  PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED                   perms put Manifest permission MODIFY AUDIO SETTINGS  PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED                   perms put Manifest permission VIBRATE  PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED                      Fill with results                 for  int i   0  i  lt  permissions length  i                        perms put permissions i   grantResults i                        Check for ACCESS FINE LOCATION                 if  perms get Manifest permission READ EXTERNAL STORAGE     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED                          amp  amp  perms get Manifest permission RECORD AUDIO     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED                          amp  amp  perms get Manifest permission MODIFY AUDIO SETTINGS     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED                          amp  amp  perms get Manifest permission VIBRATE     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED                           All Permissions Granted                         Permission Denied                     Toast makeText SplashActivity this   All Permission GRANTED    Thank You      Toast LENGTH SHORT                               show                         displaySplashScreen                       else                          Permission Denied                     Toast makeText SplashActivity this   One or More Permissions are DENIED Exiting App      Toast LENGTH SHORT                               show                         finish                                                break              default                  super onRequestPermissionsResult requestCode  permissions  grantResults                          TargetApi Build VERSION CODES M      private void fuckMarshMallow             List lt String gt  permissionsNeeded   new ArrayList lt String gt              final List lt String gt  permissionsList   new ArrayList lt String gt             if   addPermission permissionsList  Manifest permission READ EXTERNAL STORAGE               permissionsNeeded add  Read SD Card            if   addPermission permissionsList  Manifest permission RECORD AUDIO               permissionsNeeded add  Record Audio            if   addPermission permissionsList  Manifest permission MODIFY AUDIO SETTINGS               permissionsNeeded add  Equilizer            if   addPermission permissionsList  Manifest permission VIBRATE               permissionsNeeded add  Vibrate             if  permissionsList size    gt  0                if  permissionsNeeded size    gt  0                        Need Rationale                 String message    App need access to     permissionsNeeded get 0                    for  int i   1  i  lt  permissionsNeeded size    i                        message   message          permissionsNeeded get i                    showMessageOKCancel message                          new DialogInterface OnClickListener                                   Override                             public void onClick DialogInterface dialog  int which                                    requestPermissions permissionsList toArray new String permissionsList size                                              REQUEST CODE ASK MULTIPLE PERMISSIONS                                                                             return                            requestPermissions permissionsList toArray new String permissionsList size                          REQUEST CODE ASK MULTIPLE PERMISSIONS               return                     Toast makeText SplashActivity this   No new Permission Required- Launching App  You are Awesome     Toast LENGTH SHORT                   show             displaySplashScreen                private void showMessageOKCancel String message  DialogInterface OnClickListener okListener            new AlertDialog Builder SplashActivity this                   setMessage message                   setPositiveButton  OK   okListener                   setNegativeButton  Cancel   null                   create                    show                TargetApi Build VERSION CODES M      private boolean addPermission List lt String gt  permissionsList  String permission             if  checkSelfPermission permission     PackageManager PERMISSION GRANTED                permissionsList add permission                  Check for Rationale Option             if   shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale permission                   return false                    return true                        Display main content with little delay just so that user can see        efforts I put to make this page             private void displaySplashScreen             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                     startActivity new Intent SplashActivity this  AudioPlayerActivity class                    finish                             500

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The Stopping on the Splash screen for 4 s 5 s unnecessarily doesn t make much sense  It s Ok if you loading something in background else follow this approach to implement splash screen -  Implementing a splash screen the right way is a little different than you might imagine  The splash view that you see has to be ready immediately  even before you can inflate a layout file in your splash activity   So 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    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt layer-list xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt        lt item         android drawable   color gray   gt        lt item gt           lt bitmap             android gravity  center              android src   mipmap ic launcher   gt       lt  item gt    lt  layer-list gt    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    lt resources gt        lt  -- Base application theme  -- gt       lt style name  AppTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat Light DarkActionBar  gt           lt  -- Customize your theme here  -- gt       lt  style gt        lt style name  SplashTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat NoActionBar  gt           lt item name  android windowBackground  gt  drawable background splash lt  item gt       lt  style gt    lt  resources gt    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    lt activity     android name   SplashActivity      android theme   style SplashTheme  gt       lt intent-filter gt           lt action android name  android intent action MAIN    gt            lt category android name  android intent category LAUNCHER    gt       lt  intent-filter gt   lt  activity gt    Finally  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              More Details read this  1 https   www bignerdranch com blog splash-screens-the-right-way  2 http   blog goodbarber com 3-tips-to-create-a-great-splash-screen-for-your-mobile-app a287 html

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Note this solution will not let the user wait more  the delay of the splash screen depends on the start up time of the application   When you open any android app you will get  by default a some what black screen with the title and icon of the app on top  you can change that by using a style theme   First  create a style xml in values folder and add a style to it    lt style name  splashScreenTheme  parent   android style Theme DeviceDefault Light NoActionBar  gt       lt item name  android windowBackground  gt  drawable splash screen lt  item gt   lt  style gt    Instead of using  android style Theme DeviceDefault Light NoActionBar you can use any other theme as a parent   Second  in your app Manifest xml add android theme   style splashScreenTheme  to your main activity    lt activity         android name  MainActivity          android label   string app name          android theme   style splashScreenTheme   gt    Third  Update your theme in your onCreate   launch activity   protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState           Make sure this is before calling super onCreate     setTheme R style mainAppTheme       super onCreate savedInstanceState       UPDATE Check out this post   Thanks to  mat1h and  adelriosantiago

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Abdullah s answer is great  But i want to add some more details to it with my answer   Implementing a Splash Screen  Implementing a splash screen the right way is a little different than you might imagine  The splash view that you see has to be ready immediately  even before you can inflate a layout file in your splash activity   So 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   background splash xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt layer-list xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt        lt item         android drawable   color gray   gt        lt item gt           lt bitmap             android gravity  center              android src   mipmap ic launcher   gt       lt  item gt    lt  layer-list gt    It just a layerlist with logo in center background color with it   Now open styles xml and add this style   lt style name  SplashTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat NoActionBar  gt           lt item name  android windowBackground  gt  drawable background splash lt  item gt   lt  style gt    This theme will have to actionbar and with background that we just created above   And in manifest you need to set SplashTheme to activity that you want to use as splash    lt activity android name   SplashActivity  android theme   style SplashTheme  gt   lt intent-filter gt       lt action android name  android intent action MAIN    gt        lt category android name  android intent category LAUNCHER    gt   lt  intent-filter gt      Then inside your activity code navigate user to the specific screen after splash using intent   public class SplashActivity extends AppCompatActivity         Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState            Intent intent   new Intent this  MainActivity class           startActivity intent           finish              That s the right way to do  I used these references for answer    https   material google com patterns launch-screens html https   www bignerdranch com blog splash-screens-the-right-way  Thanks to these guys for pushing me into right direction  I want to help others because accepted answer isn t a recommended to do splash screen

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public class MainActivity extends Activity     Override  public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState         super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout activity main        Thread t new Thread                  public void run                             try                    sleep 2000                   finish                    Intent cv new Intent MainActivity this HomeScreen class  otherclass                     startActivity cv                               catch  InterruptedException e                    e printStackTrace                                       t start

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Above all answers are really very good  But there are encounter problem of memory leakage  This issue is often known in the Android community as  Leaking an Activity   Now what exactly does that mean   When configuration change occurs  such as orientation change  Android destroys the Activity and recreates it  Normally  the Garbage Collector will just clear the allocated memory of the old Activity instance and we re all good    Leaking an Activity  refers to the situation where the Garbage Collector cannot clear the allocated memory of the old Activity instance since it s being  strong  referenced from an object that out lived the Activity instance  Every Android app has a specific amount of memory allocated for it  When Garbage Collector cannot free up unused memory  the app s performance will decrease gradually and eventually crash with OutOfMemory error   How to determine whether the app leaks memory or not  The fastest way is to open the Memory tab in Android Studio and pay attention to allocated memory as you change the orientation  If the allocated memory keeps on increasing and never decreases then you have a memory leak   1 Memory leak when user change the orientation    First you need to define the splash screen in your layout resource splashscreen xml file     Sample Code for splash screen activity    public class Splash extends Activity       1  Create a static nested class that extends Runnable to start the main Activity     private static class StartMainActivityRunnable implements Runnable              2  Make sure we keep the source Activity as a WeakReference  more on that later          private WeakReference mActivity           private StartMainActivityRunnable Activity activity             mActivity   new WeakReference activity                       Override         public void run                 3  Check that the reference is valid and execute the code             if  mActivity get      null                 Activity activity   mActivity get                 Intent mainIntent   new Intent activity  MainActivity class                activity startActivity mainIntent                activity finish                                           Duration of wait         private final int SPLASH DISPLAY LENGTH   1000          4  Declare the Handler as a member variable     private Handler mHandler   new Handler          Override     public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate icicle           setContentView R layout splashscreen               5  Pass a new instance of StartMainActivityRunnable with reference to  this           mHandler postDelayed new StartMainActivityRunnable this   SPLASH DISPLAY LENGTH                 6  Override onDestroy        Override     public void onDestroy             7  Remove any delayed Runnable s  and prevent them from executing       mHandler removeCallbacksAndMessages null            8  Eagerly clear mHandler allocated memory      mHandler   null            For  more information please go through this link

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Sometime user open the SplashActivity and quit immediately but the app still go to MainActivity after SPLASH SCREEN DISPLAY LENGTH   For prevent it  In SplashActivity you should check the SplashActivity is finishing or not before move to MainActivity  public class SplashActivity extends Activity        private final int SPLASH SCREEN DISPLAY LENGTH   2000        Override     public void onCreate Bundle icicle                        new Handler   postDelayed new Runnable                  Override             public void run                      if   isFinishing       isFinishing    If the activity is finishing  returns true  else returns false                      startActivity new Intent SplashActivity this  MainActivity class                        finish                                      SPLASH SCREEN DISPLAY LENGTH                                                                                   Hope this help

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I used threads to make the Flash Screen in android       import android content Intent  import android os Bundle  import android support annotation Nullable  import android support v7 app AppCompatActivity   public class HomeScreen extends AppCompatActivity       Override     protected void onCreate  Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout screen home            Thread thread   new Thread                public void run                    try                       Thread sleep 3   1000                       Intent i   new Intent HomeScreen this  MainActivity class                       startActivity i                     catch  InterruptedException e                                                       thread start

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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   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt layer-list xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt        lt item         android drawable   color gray   gt        lt item gt           lt bitmap             android gravity  center              android src   mipmap ic launcher   gt       lt  item gt    lt  layer-list gt    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    lt resources gt        lt  -- Base application theme  -- gt       lt style name  AppTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat Light DarkActionBar  gt           lt  -- Customize your theme here  -- gt       lt  style gt        lt style name  SplashTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat NoActionBar  gt           lt item name  android windowBackground  gt  drawable background splash lt  item gt       lt  style gt    lt  resources gt    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    lt activity     android name   SplashActivity      android theme   style SplashTheme  gt       lt intent-filter gt           lt action android name  android intent action MAIN    gt            lt category android name  android intent category LAUNCHER    gt       lt  intent-filter gt   lt  activity gt    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

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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

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Further reading    App Launch time  amp  Themed launch screens  Android Performance Patterns Season 6 Ep  4  Splash screen in Android  The right way   Old answer   HOW TO  Simple splash screen  This answers shows you how to display a splash screen for a fixed amount of time when your app starts for e g  branding reasons  E g  you might choose to show the splash screen for 3 seconds  However if you want to show the spash screen for a variable amount of time  e g  app startup time  you should check out Abdullah s answer https   stackoverflow com a 15832037 401025  However be aware that app startup might be very fast on new devices so the user will just see a flash which is bad UX   First you need to define the spash screen in your layout xml file     lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt     lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android            android orientation  vertical  android layout width  fill parent            android layout height  fill parent  gt              lt ImageView android id    id splashscreen  android layout width  wrap content                    android layout height  fill parent                    android src   drawable splash                    android layout gravity  center   gt              lt TextView android layout width  fill parent                      android layout height  wrap content                      android text  Hello World  splash   gt      lt  LinearLayout gt    And your activity   import android app Activity  import android content Intent  import android os Bundle  import android os Handler   public class Splash extends Activity            Duration of wait         private final int SPLASH DISPLAY LENGTH   1000           Called when the activity is first created          Override     public void onCreate Bundle icicle            super onCreate icicle           setContentView R layout splashscreen               New Handler to start the Menu-Activity             and close this Splash-Screen after some seconds            new Handler   postDelayed new Runnable                 Override             public void run                        Create an Intent that will start the Menu-Activity                     Intent mainIntent   new Intent Splash this Menu class                   Splash this startActivity mainIntent                   Splash this finish                             SPLASH DISPLAY LENGTH             Thats all

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A Splash Screnn  by default  does not automatically make your Application look more professional  A professionally designed Splash Screen has a possibility of making your Application look more professional  but if you do not know how to write one then how professional will the rest of your Application actually be   About the only reason  excuse  to have a Splash Screen is because you are doing a massive amount of Calculations or are waiting for GPS WiFi to startup because your Application relies on that prior to it starting  Without the result of those Calculations or access to GPS WiFi  etc   your Application is dead in the water  thus you feel you need a Splash Screen  and MUST block the view of the Screen for any other running Programs  including the Background    Such a Splash Screen ought to look like your Full Screen Application to give the impression that it has already initialized  then after the lengthy calculations are completed the final details could be filled in  the Image tweaked   The chance of that being the case or that it is the only way the Program could be designed is mighty small   It would be better to allow the User  and the rest of the OS  to do something else while they wait rather than design your Program to be dependant on something that will take a while  when the duration of the wait is uncertain     There are Icons on your Phone already that say that GPS WiFi is starting  The time or space taken up by the Splash Screen could be spent loading pre-calculations or actually doing the Calculations  See the first Link below for the problems you create and what must be considered   If you absolutely must wait for these Calculations or GPS WiFi it would be best to simply let the Application start and have a pop-up that says that it is necessary to wait for the Calculations  a TEXTUAL  Initializing  Message is fine   The wait for GPS WiFi is expected  if they were not enabled in another Program already  so announcing their wait times are unnecessary   Remember that when the Splash Screen starts your Program IS actually running already  all you are doing is delaying the use of your Program and hogging the CPU GPU to do something that most do not feel is necessary    We had better really want to wait and see your Splash Screen every time we start your Program or WE will not feel it is very professionally written  Making the Splash Screen FULL Screen and a duplicate of the actual Program s Screen  so we think it is initialized when in fact it has not  MIGHT accomplish your goal  of making your Program look more professional  but I would not bet much on that   Why not to do it  http   cyrilmottier com 2012 05 03 splash-screens-are-evil-dont-use-them   How to do it  https   encrypted google com search q Android splash screen source  So there is a good reason not to do it but IF you are certain that somehow your situation falls outside those examples then the means to do it is given above  Be certain that it really does make your Application look more professional or you have defeated the only reason you gave for doing this   It is like a YouTube Channel that starts every Video with a lengthy Graphic Intro  and Outro  or feels the need to tell a Joke or explain what happened during the past week  when it is not a Comedy or LifeStyles Channel   Just show the show    Just run the Program

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One way is by creating a FullScreenActivity EmptyActivity  say SplashScreenActivity  and set it as the first Activity that shows up when you open your app  Add the following to your Activity in the AndroidManifest xml   lt intent-filter gt           lt action android name  quot android intent action MAIN quot    gt           lt category android name  quot android intent category LAUNCHER quot    gt   lt  intent-filter gt   You can then set a handler to dismiss this activity after a few seconds  new Handler   postDelayed new Runnable                  Override             public void run                     Intent i  new Intent SplashScreenActivity this MainActivity class                   startActivity i     start new activity                  finish                             3000     time in milliseconds  Secondly  if you don t wish to create a separate activity  you can inflate a layout over your MainActivity and set the layout visibility to GONE or inflate the main layout over the existing splash screen layout after a few milliseconds

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Splash screens should not be loaded from a layout file  there might still be some lag when loading it   The best way is to create a Theme just for your SplashScreenActivity and set the android windowBackground to a drawable ressource   https   www bignerdranch com blog splash-screens-the-right-way   In a nutshell   Declare your SplashScreenActivity in the manifest    lt activity         android name   activities SplashScreenActivity          android theme   style SplashTheme          android screenOrientation  portrait  gt           lt intent-filter gt               lt action android name  android intent action MAIN    gt               lt category android name  android intent category LAUNCHER    gt           lt  intent-filter gt       lt  activity gt    In your SplashScreenActivity java    Override     protected void onCreate  Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState        Intent intent   new Intent this  MainActivity  class       startActivity intent       finish         Next create the ressource for the background window of your theme    lt style name  SplashTheme  parent  Theme Bumpfie Base  gt       lt item name  android windowBackground  gt  drawable splash lt  item gt   lt  style gt    Drawable file splash xml    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt layer-list xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt       lt item android drawable   android color white   gt       lt item gt           lt bitmap             android gravity  center              android src   drawable app logo   gt       lt  item gt   lt  layer-list gt

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Another approach is achieved by using CountDownTimer   Override public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState         super onCreate savedInstanceState        setContentView R layout splashscreen     new CountDownTimer 5000  1000      5 seconds       public void onTick long millisUntilFinished              mTextField setText  seconds remaining      millisUntilFinished   1000                 public void onFinish               startActivity new Intent SplashActivity this  MainActivity class              finish                start

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Though there are good answers  I will show the google recommended way   1 First create a Theme for splash screen   you have a theme called splashscreenTheme  your launcher theme would be    lt style name  splashscreenTheme  gt     lt item name  android windowBackground  gt  drawable launch screen lt  item gt   lt  style gt    Note    android windowBackground already sets your splashscreen image no     need to do this in UI again   you can also use color here instead of a drawable   2 Set the theme to manifest of splashscreenActivity      lt activity             android name   activity splashscreenActivity              android screenOrientation  portrait              android theme   style splashscreenTheme  gt               lt intent-filter gt                   lt action android name  android intent action MAIN    gt                    lt category android name  android intent category LAUNCHER    gt               lt  intent-filter gt           lt  activity gt    3 make sure you launch screen drawable is not in drawable folder if your image is not small   It will result in faster launch screen start and save you from the black screen  It also avoids extra overdraw

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Create a Activity  let us Activity named  A   then create a xml file called myscreen xml  in that set a the splash screen image as background  and then use count down timer to navigate from one Activtity to another  To know how to use Count Down timer see my answer in this question TimerTask in Android

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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  amp  amp   waited  lt   splashTime                         sleep 100                       if   active                            waited    100                                                        catch  Exception e                   finally                    startActivity new Intent SplashScreen this                          MainActivity class                    finish                                                 splashTread start          splashscreen xml will be like this   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android    android layout width  600px  android layout height  1024px    android background   FF0000  gt   lt  RelativeLayout gt

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Simple Code  it works      Simple splash  int secondsDelayed   1      new Handler   postDelayed new Runnable             public void run                 startActivity new Intent LoginSuccessFull this  LoginActivity class                finish                     secondsDelayed   1500

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In my case I didn t want to create a new Activity only to show a image for 2 seconds  When starting my MainAvtivity  images gets loaded into holders using picasso  I know that this takes about 1 second to load so I decided to do the following inside my MainActivity OnCreate   splashImage    ImageView  findViewById R id spllll        this getWindow   setFlags WindowManager LayoutParams FLAG FULLSCREEN WindowManager LayoutParams FLAG FULLSCREEN        int secondsDelayed   1      new Handler   postDelayed new Runnable             public void run                 getWindow   clearFlags WindowManager LayoutParams FLAG FULLSCREEN               splashImage setVisibility View GONE                     secondsDelayed   2000     When starting the application the first thing that happens is the ImageView gets displayed and the statusBar is removed by setting the window flags to full screen  Then I used a Handler to run for 2 seconds  after the 2 seconds I clear the full screen flags and set the visibility of the ImageView to GONE  Easy  simple  effective

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The answers above is very good  but I would like to add something else  I am new to Android  I met these problem during my development  hope this can help someone like me    The Splash screen is the entry point of my app  so add the following lines in AndroidManifest xml        lt activity         android name   SplashActivity          android theme   android style Theme DeviceDefault Light NoActionBar  gt           lt intent-filter gt               lt action android name  android intent action MAIN    gt               lt category android name  android intent category LAUNCHER    gt           lt  intent-filter gt       lt  activity gt   The splash screen should only show once in the app life cycle  I use a boolean variable to record the state of the splash screen  and only show it on the first time   public class SplashActivity extends Activity       private static boolean splashLoaded   false        Override     public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState            if   splashLoaded                setContentView R layout activity splash               int secondsDelayed   1              new Handler   postDelayed new Runnable                     public void run                         startActivity new Intent SplashActivity this  MainActivity class                        finish                                     secondsDelayed   500                splashLoaded   true                    else               Intent goToMainActivity   new Intent SplashActivity this  MainActivity class               goToMainActivity setFlags Intent FLAG ACTIVITY REORDER TO FRONT               startActivity goToMainActivity               finish                         happy coding

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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   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt  lt layer-list xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt    lt item     android drawable   color app color   gt    lt item gt       lt bitmap         android gravity  center          android src   drawable ic in app logo big   gt   lt  item gt  lt  layer-list gt    In styles xml create a custom theme   lt style name  SplashTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat NoActionBar  gt       lt item name  android windowBackground  gt  drawable bg splash lt  item gt   lt  style gt    and finally in AndroidManifest xml specify the theme to your activity   lt activity         android name   activities SplashActivity          android label   string app name          android screenOrientation  portrait          android theme   style SplashTheme  gt           lt intent-filter gt               lt action android name  android intent action MAIN    gt                lt category android name  android intent category LAUNCHER    gt           lt  intent-filter gt       lt  activity gt    Cheers

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This is the best post I ve seen on splash screens  http   saulmm github io avoding-android-cold-starts  Sa  l 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

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