Splash screen - Android Example

A splash screen is a graphical control element consisting of window containing an image, a logo and the current version of the software. A splash screen usually appears while a game or program is launching.

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.os.Handler;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.content.Intent;

import android.view.Menu;

public class MainSplashScreen extends Activity {

    @Override

    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.main_splash_screen);

         

// METHOD 1    

         

        /****** Create Thread that will sleep for 5 seconds *************/        

        Thread background = new Thread() {

            public void run() {

                

               try {

                    // Thread will sleep for 5 seconds

                    sleep(5*1000);

                     

                    // After 5 seconds redirect to another intent

                    Intent i=new Intent(getBaseContext(),FirstScreen.class);

                    startActivity(i);

                     

                    //Remove activity

                    finish();

                     

                } catch (Exception e) {              

                }

            }

        };

         

        // start thread

        background.start();

         

//METHOD 2 

         

        /*

        new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {

              

            // Using handler with postDelayed called runnable run method

            @Override

            public void run() {

                Intent i = new Intent(MainSplashScreen.this, FirstScreen.class);

                startActivity(i);

  

                // close this activity

                finish();

            }

        }, 5*1000); // wait for 5 seconds

        */

    }

     

    @Override

    protected void onDestroy() {

         

        super.onDestroy();

         

    }

}