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Android

Posted by Farouk Charkas
Farouk Charkas
1,957 Points

How do I program a splash screen?

I would like to program my application to start of to display my splash screen for 5 seconds, how do I do that?

2 Answers

Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson
5,134 Points
Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson
5,134 Points

First you will need to have a image to display for your splash screen. Then make your splash screen activity your launcher activity (You can do this in the Manifest). In your SplashScreenActivity you can add this:

          Thread timerThread  = new Thread() {
                 @Override
                public void run() {
                   try {
                     sleep(3000);
                     }
                    catch(InterruptedException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                     }
                     finally {

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

                 timerThread.start();
             }

             @Override
             protected void onPause() {
                 super.onPause();
                 finish();
             }```
Farouk Charkas
Farouk Charkas
1,957 Points

But where would I add the image?

Farouk Charkas
Farouk Charkas
1,957 Points

But where would I add the image?

Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson
5,134 Points
Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson
5,134 Points

This is how you can add an image for your Splash Screen: Find your xml file for your activity. (This is located in your folder at Res -> Layout) Then inside your xml file add this inside of your relative layout:

 <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="@drawable/splash_image"
        android:orientation="vertical" >
    </LinearLayout>
Farouk Charkas
Farouk Charkas
1,957 Points

Understood, now could you explain your code line by line? I would greatly appreciate that.

Farouk Charkas
Farouk Charkas
1,957 Points

Understood, now could you explain your code line by line? I would greatly appreciate that.