In this tutorial how to create Splash Screen is shown.
Splash Screen is a screen that appears for some seconds on the screen before the application is loaded .
Splash Screen is created using Threads.
Point to Remember:
- Remember to change the page load sequence of the application in AndroidManifest.xml.
Code:
splash.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=”@drawable/logo” >
</RelativeLayout>
SplashScreen.java
package com.example.demo;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
public class SplashScreen extends Activity{
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.splash);
Thread background=new Thread(){
public void run()
{
try
{
sleep(5*1000);
Intent i=new Intent(SplashScreen.this,MainActivity.class);
startActivity(i);
finish();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
};
background.start();
}
@Override
protected void onDestroy()
{
super.onDestroy();
}
}
activity_main.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”
xmlns:tools=”http://schemas.android.com/tools”
android:layout_width=”match_parent”
android:layout_height=”match_parent”
android:paddingBottom=”@dimen/activity_vertical_margin”
android:paddingLeft=”@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin”
android:paddingRight=”@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin”
android:paddingTop=”@dimen/activity_vertical_margin”
tools:context=”.MainActivity” >
<TextView
android:id=”@+id/textView1″
android:layout_width=”wrap_content”
android:layout_height=”wrap_content”
android:layout_alignParentTop=”true”
android:layout_centerHorizontal=”true”
android:layout_marginTop=”91dp”
android:text=”Welcome” />
</RelativeLayout>
MainActivity.java
package com.example.demo;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.Menu;
public class MainActivity extends Activity{
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
//Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
}
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<manifest xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”
package=”com.example.demo”
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.demo.SplashScreen”
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=”.MainActivity”></activity>
</application>
</manifest>
