How to implement Splash Screen in Android

Android splash screen are normally used to show user some kind of progress before the app loads completely. Some people uses splash screen just to show case their app / company logo for a couple of second. In this tutorial we are going to learn how to implement splash screen in our android application.

Create a new project in Eclipse by navigating to File ⇒ New Android ⇒ Application Project and fill required details. Main activity name as MainActivity.java
For Splash Screen we are creating a separate activity. Create a new class in your package and name it as SplashScreen.java
In AndroidManifest.xml file make your splash screen activity as Launcher activity.
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.splashscreentimer"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >
    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="15"
        android:targetSdkVersion="21" />
    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <!-- Splash screen -->
        <activity
            android:name="com.example.splashscreentimer.SplashScreen"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <!-- Main activity -->
        <activity
            android:name="com.example.splashscreentimer.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
 </activity>
 </application>
</manifest>
The code for activity_splash.xml in which we give the image name in android:backgroud attribute and save that image in drawable folder.Here we use the image file name background_image.
activity_splash.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/background_image" >
</RelativeLayout>
Now the code for splashscreen.java
package com.example.splashscreentimer;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;

public class SplashScreen extends Activity {
    // Splash screen timer
    private static int SPLASH_TIME_OUT = 3000;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_splash);
        new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
            /*
             * Showing splash screen with a timer. This will be useful when you
             * want to show case your app logo / company
             */
            @Override
            public void run() {
                // This method will be executed once the timer is over
                // Start your app main activity
                Intent i = new Intent(SplashScreen.this, MainActivity.class);
                startActivity(i);
                // close this activity
                finish();
            }
        }, SPLASH_TIME_OUT);
    }
}