Video as a Splash Screen instead of Picture

Question

I am doing the Android Programming Tutorial on Splash Screens where you show a picture or text for 5 Seconds than it goes to the Main Application. My Question is..Instead of

Answer 1

Use a MediaPlayer along with a VideoView. You can then "listen" for when the video playback is done, by setting an OnCompletionListener on your MediaPlayer.

See here: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaPlayer.html And here: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/VideoView.html

Also, pay special attention to the state diagram on the MediaPlayer reference page. It can be a bit tricky and has been known to trip a few people up.