Best way to have a splash screen in an Android application?

Question

I need a splash screen for my application. Tried creating an activity having the image for my splash screen; and tried using for loop and the Timer class for introducing a t

Answer 1

Try this

public class SplashActivity extends Activity {
    Handler handler;
    private long timeDelay = 2000; //2 seconds
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.SplashLayout);
        final Intent i = new Intent(this, Landing.class);
        handler = new Handler(); 
        handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() { 
             public void run() { 
                 startActivity(i); 
                 finish();
             } 
        }, timeDelay); 
    }      
}