Android Splash Screen

Many popular Android Apps such as Skype, Facebook, Adobe Reader, 500px, Dropbox etc.,  uses splash screen to display their logo. Most Android Apps uses Android Splash Screen before launching application Activity. Android splash screen is used to display a logo or brand for an app. In this article we are going to discuss about implementing an Android Splash Screen in a simple manner

activity_main.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
    tools:showIn="@layout/activity_main"
    tools:context=".MainActivity"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:background="@mipmap/logo">

</LinearLayout>

MainActivity.Java

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package com.android.anil.splashscreen;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
        Thread splashthread=new Thread(){
            @Override
            public void run() {
                super.run();
                try {
                    sleep(5000);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                } finally {
                    finish();
                    startActivity(new Intent(getApplicationContext(),HomeActivity.class));
                }
            }
        };
        splashthread.start();
    }
}

Output is:

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