Mdunge Apps

Add a splash screen, is a great way to open you app, especially if its graphics heavy like a game.

first create a xml file under the drawable folder (drawable/splash_screen.xml)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_width="match_parent">

    <item android:drawable="@color/colorPrimary"/>

    <!-- Set the Background Image-->    <item android:gravity="center" android:width="500dp" android:height="500dp">
        <bitmap            android:gravity="fill_horizontal|fill_vertical"            android:src="@drawable/splash_screen_image"/>
    </item>
</layer-list>

You can add a new theme under your res/values/styles.xml file

<style name="SplashScreenTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name ="android:windowBackground"> @drawable/splash_screen</item>
</style>

NOTE: splash screen will only work if you use the parent theme.AppCompat and your MainActivity class needs to extend the AppCompatActivity class. see below

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

Now all you have to do is change some lines in you manifests/AdroidManifest.xml file

<activity    android:name=".SplashActivity"    android:theme="@style/SplashScreenTheme">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".MainActivity" />

As you can see, we are telling our app to use the SplashScreenTheme theme when it LAUNCHER. And the SplashScreenTheme reference drable/splash_screen as its windowBackground.

I hope this article has been helpful.