Android Splash Screen Tutorial
Last Updated: March 8, 2013
In this tutorial, you will learn how to implement a Splash Screen in your Android application. Showing a splash screen is a common feature of many applications, it shows off your logo or maybe just a loading screen to the user before your application launches. We will create a splash screen without the title bar, then set a timer duration and prevent the user’s back button from returning them to the splash screen. So lets begin…
Create a new project in Eclipse File > New > Android Application Project. Fill in the details and name your project SplashTutorial.
Application Name : SplashTutorial
Project Name : SplashTutorial
Package Name : com.androidbegin.splashtutorial
Open your MainActivity.java and paste the following code.
MainActivity.java
package com.androidbegin.splashtutorial; import android.os.Bundle; import android.app.Activity; public class MainActivity extends Activity { @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); // Get the view from activity_main.xml setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); } }
Next, create an XML file for the MainActivity graphical layout. Go to res > layout > Right Click on layout > New > Android XML File
Name your new XML file activity_main.xml and paste the following code.
activity_main.xml
Next, create a new activity for the splash screen. Go to File > New > Class and name it SplashScreenActivity.java. Select your package named com.androidbegin.splashtutorial and click Finish.
Open your SplashScreenActivity.java and paste the following code.
SplashScreenActivity.java
package com.androidbegin.splashtutorial; import java.util.Timer; import java.util.TimerTask; import android.os.Bundle; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Intent; import android.view.Window; public class SplashScreenActivity extends Activity { // Set Duration of the Splash Screen long Delay = 8000; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); // Remove the Title Bar requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); // Get the view from splash_screen.xml setContentView(R.layout.splash_screen); // Create a Timer Timer RunSplash = new Timer(); // Task to do when the timer ends TimerTask ShowSplash = new TimerTask() { @Override public void run() { // Close SplashScreenActivity.class finish(); // Start MainActivity.class Intent myIntent = new Intent(SplashScreenActivity.this, MainActivity.class); startActivity(myIntent); } }; // Start the timer RunSplash.schedule(ShowSplash, Delay); } }
We have created a timer with the delay of 8000 milliseconds before the splash screen ends. The TimerTask will start when the timer ends.
Next, create an XML file for the Splash Screen graphical layout. Go to res > layout > Right Click on layout > New > Android XML File
Name your new XML file splash_screen.xml and paste the following code.
splash_screen.xml
For this tutorial, we have prepared a sample logo for the splash screen. Insert the sample logo into your res > drawable-hdpi.
Sample Logo
[wpfilebase tag=file id=30 tpl=download-button /]
Next, change the application name and texts. Open your strings.xml in your res > values folder and paste the following code.
strings.xml
SplashScreen Tutorial Main Page from MainActivity.java
In your AndroidManifest.xml, we need to declare the SplashScreenActivity together with the intent filter to force this activity to run when the application launches. Then declare an activity for MainActivity.java. Open your AndroidManifest.xml and paste the following code.
AndroidManifest.xml
Output :
Source Code
[purchase_link id=”7874″ text=”Purchase to Download Source Code” style=”button” color=”green”]
nice demo
Discussion Board
Android Splash Screen Tutorial
Can we use handler instead of timer?
Fenil Shah
Android Splash Screen Tutorial
Your welcome Albert, glad it helped. :)
AndroidBegin
Android Splash Screen Tutorial
I made it work using a videoview, it works quite well. Thanks a lot for your tutorial and help!
Albert John Mwanjesa
Android Splash Screen Tutorial