splash screen in android

Splash Screen :This is very important screen in mobile application development.Many client demands for splash screen in their application.This is first screen of the application from application flow start.So I have decided to write about splash screen. Following exercise explain about development of splash screen in android.

Steps 1.Create splash Activity :
public class SplashScreen extends Activity {
        long spalshTime =3000;
boolean isPaused =false;
boolean isSplashActive =true;

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        //Draw the splash screen
        setContentView(R.layout.splash);
        //very simple timer thread
        Thread splashTimer = new Thread(){
        public void run(){
        try{
        //wait loop
        long ms=0;
        while ( isSplashActive  && ms <spalshTime) {
sleep(100);
//increase the timer if only we r running
if (!isPaused) {
ms +=100;
}
}
        //Advance to the next screen
        startActivity(new Intent("com.mainScreen"));
       
        }catch(Exception e){
       
        }finally{
        finish();                
       
        }
        }
       
        };
        splashTimer.start();
    }
    @Override
    protected void onPause() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onPause();
    isPaused=true;
    }
    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onResume();
    isPaused=false;
    }
    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub    
    if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
    isSplashActive =false;
        }    
    return true;
    }
}

Steps 2.Create Manifest file like,
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="com.SplashScreen"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0">
    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <activity android:name=".SplashScreen"
                  android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
<activity android:name="MainScreen">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="com.mainScreen" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" />
</manifest>

That's it.Enjoy androing...!!!