Create animated splash screen using frames on Android

Question

So here\'s the deal, I\'ve searched every single question and link online but none are helpful. I have 120 frames of an animation in .jpg format for my splash screen. I unde

Answer 1

You can try to do it without AnimationDrawable using Handler.postDelayed. Something like this:

final ImageView image = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.SplashImageView);
final Handler handler = new Handler();

final Runnable animation = new Runnable() {
    private static final int MAX = 120;
    private static final int DELAY = 50;

    private int current = 0;

    @Override
    public void run() {
        final Resources resources = getResources();
        final int id = resources.getIdentifier("l" + current, "drawable", getPackageName());
        final Drawable drawable = resources.getDrawable(id);

        image.setBackgroundDrawable(drawable);
        handler.postDelayed(this, DELAY);
        current = (current + 1) % MAX;
    }
};

handler.post(animation);

This solution requires less memory because it keeps only one drawable at the time.

You can cancel the animation using handler.removeCallbacks(animation);.

If you want make a one-shot animation you can call handler.postDelayed conditionally:

if (current != MAX - 1) {
    handler.postDelayed(this, DELAY);
}