A splash screen is mostly the first screen of the app when it is opened. It is a Creating Splash screen using handler in Android. plash Screen Tutorial With Example In Android Studio. Splash Screen is most commonly the first startup screen which appears when App is opened
In this tutorial i’ll show you how to create a splash screen for your android app using android studio. We need at least two activities one is splash screen and second is some other activity that will display after splash screen.
Step 1: Create a new project OR Open your project
Step 2: Create New Activity File>New>Activity>EmptyActivity
Step 3: Place an image in res>drawable folder
Step 4: Open manifest and add
android:theme=”@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar”
in <activity android:name=“.SplashActivity” …>
Step 5: Code:
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.jigopost.myapplication">
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
<activity
android:name=".SplashActivity"
android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".MainActivity"></activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Create a xml file in Layout folder
activity_splash.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout 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"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="@color/colorPrimary"
tools:context=".SplashActivity">
<ImageView
android:src="@drawable/logo"
android:layout_width="250dp"
android:layout_height="250dp" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Loading..."
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</LinearLayout>
Create JAVA file in activity folder
SplashActivity.java
package com.jigopost.myapplication;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Window;
import android.view.WindowManager;
public class SplashActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//Hiding Title bar of this activity screen */
getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
//Making this activity, full screen */
getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_splash);
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
startActivity(new Intent(SplashActivity.this, MainActivity.class));
finish();
}
}, 4000);
}
}
Create a xml file in Layout folder
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout 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"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<TextView
android:text="Welcome"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
Create JAVA file in activity folder
MainActivity.java
package com.jigopost.myapplication;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
import android.support.v7.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);
}
}
Step 6: Run Project
