Create a Splash Screen for Android Application

Create a splashscreen.xml in res/layout folder path. Let's look at a simple design for a splash screen.

<linearlayout android:background="#FF7700" 
android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
android:orientation="horizontal" 
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

<textview android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:id="@+id/txtHeader" 
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" 
android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:padding="10dp" 
android:text="Splash Screen" 
android:textcolor="#FFFFFF" 
android:textsize="32sp" 
android:textstyle="bold">
</textview>
</linearlayout>

Create a layout for the splash screen as you wish. Add the following code snippet to the .java class in src directory. Now run it on your created device.

public class SplashScreenActivity extends Activity {

 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  

// Create a full screen splash screen
  requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, 
                             WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
        
  setContentView(R.layout.splashscreen);

  Handler handler = new Handler();

  // run a thread after 4 seconds to start the home screen
  handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {

   @Override
   public void run() {

    // make sure we close the splash screen so the user won't come
    // back when it presses back key
    finish();

    // start the home screen
    Intent intent = new Intent(SplashScreenActivity.this, MainActivity.class);
    startActivity(intent);
   }
  }, 4000); // time in milliseconds (1 second = 1000 milliseconds) until
     // the run() method will be called
 }
}