Hello I am new to android application development and I want to add a splash screen in my application like one that appears in iPhone applications that is only for the duration while my application is loading up.
In most places I found the code that adds a separate screen for splash and displays it to 1-5 seconds.
In my opinion this is not the actual concept of splash screen. So can anyone tell me how to add splash screen in android application.
Create SplashScreen which extends Activity and then write this code block inside it
Warning:MainActivity is your base Activity which is default activity when you create a new Project
public class SplashScreen extends Activity {
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_splashscreen);
Thread splashThread = new Thread() {
@Override
public void run() {
try {
int waited = 0;
while (waited < 2000) {
sleep(100);
waited += 100;
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// do nothing
} finally {
Intent myIntent = new Intent(getBaseContext(), MainActivity.class);
startActivity(myIntent);
finish();
}
}
};
splashThread.start();
}
}
By the way,if you are new to android development please learn Thread Topic before implement SplashScreen
In your activity, while you are loading the data, you can add a fragment which will show whichever progress you want. Once the activity is done with loading, you can remove that fragment.
Other option, use a widget like https://github.com/marvinlabs/android-progress-panel that allows you to switch views.
For splash screen, just create layout with simple image (If you don't need fancy with animation)
splash_layout.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" >
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:src="@drawable/image" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
android:textSize="12dp"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:text="Some Text Here" />
</RelativeLayout>
Inside your SplashScreenActivity.java class, replace the onCreate method with below code.
//Time for which you want to show splash screen
private static int SPLASH_SCREEN_TIME_OUT = 200;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.splash_layout);
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
Intent i = new Intent(SplashScreenActivity.this, MainActivity.class);
startActivity(i);
finish();
}
}, SPLASH_SCREEN_TIME_OUT);
}
try this
package com.sunil.assignment;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Fragment;
import android.app.FragmentTransaction;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.view.View;
public class Splash extends Activity{
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.splashh);
final Fragment spl=new Fragment();
FragmentTransaction ft= getFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
ft.replace(R.id.fragment1, spl);
ft.commit();
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
//Intent intent=new Intent(Splash.this,MainActivity1.class);
// Splash.this.startActivity(intent);
//Splash.this.finish();
findViewById(R.id.fragment1).setVisibility(View.GONE);
Home h=new Home();
FragmentTransaction ft=getFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
//ft.hide(spl);
ft.replace(R.id.rel1, h);
ft.commit();
}
}, 2000);
}
}
splashh.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:id="@+id/rel1" >
<fragment
android:id="@+id/fragment1"
android:name="com.sunil.assignment.Spl"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
Show your splash screen and in background load your data. When you have loaded everything that you need, then notify your activity for that. When your activity receives that notification, just start your next (main) activity.
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
// code u want to run after 5 second
//startactivity(new Intent(Splash.this,MainScreen.class))
//finish();
}
},5000);
