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,

protected int _splashTime = 15000; 

private Handler handler;
private Runnable runnable; 

private Context context;


@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstance)
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstance);
    setContentView(R.layout.splash);   

    final SplashScreen sPlashScreen = this; 

    handler = new Handler();

     runnable = new Runnable() {
         @Override
            public void run() { 
             try {
                handler.removeCallbacks(runnable);
                handler.postDelayed(runnable, _splashTime);
              }  
            finally {
                finish(); 
                //start a new activity

                //mtdCheckLicense();
                Intent main = new Intent();
                main.setClass(sPlashScreen, YourMainActivity.class);
                startActivity(main); 
                handler.removeCallbacks(runnable);

            }
        }
    }; 
    handler.postDelayed(runnable, 2000);
} 

It will splash for some time and launch the main activity. In this code the splash screen wait for 2Seconds and then launches the main activity.