How to add Animated Splash Screen to you Android App using Android Studio

  

In this tutorial i show you how to add Animated Splash Screen to your Android Application using Android Studio. You can add this Splash Screen either to existing Android Studio Project or New Android Studio Project.

       Code necessary for the implementation can be copied from here and watch the video below for the detail explanation of the implementation.

Splashscreen.java

	import android.app.Activity;
	import android.content.Intent;
	import android.graphics.PixelFormat;
	import android.os.Bundle;
	import android.view.Window;
	import android.view.animation.Animation;
	import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils;
	import android.widget.ImageView;
	import android.widget.LinearLayout;
	public class Splashscreen extends Activity {
	public void onAttachedToWindow() {
	super.onAttachedToWindow();
	Window window = getWindow();
	window.setFormat(PixelFormat.RGBA_8888);
	}
	/** Called when the activity is first created. */
	Thread splashTread;
	@Override
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
	super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
	setContentView(R.layout.activity_splashscreen);
	StartAnimations();
	}
	private void StartAnimations() {
	Animation anim = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.alpha);
	anim.reset();
	LinearLayout l=(LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.lin_lay);
	l.clearAnimation();
	l.startAnimation(anim);
	anim = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.translate);
	anim.reset();
	ImageView iv = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.splash);
	iv.clearAnimation();
	iv.startAnimation(anim);
	splashTread = new Thread() {
	@Override
	public void run() {
	try {
	int waited = 0;
	// Splash screen pause time
	while (waited < 3500) {
	sleep(100);
	waited += 100;
	}
	Intent intent = new Intent(Splashscreen.this,
	MainActivity.class);
	intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
	startActivity(intent);
	Splashscreen.this.finish();
	} catch (InterruptedException e) {
	// do nothing
	} finally {
	Splashscreen.this.finish();
	}
	}
	};
	splashTread.start();
	}
	}

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layout/activity_splashscreen.xml

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
	<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	android:layout_width="fill_parent"
	android:layout_height="fill_parent"
	android:background="#242729"
	android:layout_gravity="center"
	android:id="@+id/lin_lay"
	android:gravity="center"
	android:orientation="vertical" >
	<ImageView
	android:layout_width="wrap_content"
	android:layout_height="wrap_content"
	android:id="@+id/splash"
	android:background="@drawable/splash_img" />
	</LinearLayout>

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anim/alpha.xml

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
	<alpha
	xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	android:fromAlpha="0.0"
	android:toAlpha="1.0"
	android:duration="3000" />

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anim/translate.xml

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
	<set
	xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
	<translate
	xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	android:fromXDelta="0%"
	android:toXDelta="0%"
	android:fromYDelta="200%"
	android:toYDelta="0%"
	android:duration="2000"
	android:zAdjustment="top" />
	</set>

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Copy an image with name splash_img in png format.


So this is the simple way to add Animated Splashscreen to you Android App.