Splash Screen (Kotlin) - Android Studio

      DESCRIPTION      

In this tutorial i'll show you how to create a splash screen for your android app using android studio. We need at least two activities one is splash screen and second is some other activity that will display after splash screen.

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      SOURCE CODE      

Step 1: Create a new project OR Open your project

Step 2: Create New Activity File>New>Activity>EmptyActivity

Step 3: Place an image in res>drawable folder

Step 4: Open manifest and add

android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar"
in <activity android:name=".SplashActivity" ...>

Step 5: Code

AndroidMenifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.blogspot.atifsoftwares.splashscreenapp">

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity
            android:name=".SplashActivity"
            android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity android:name=".MainActivity"></activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

activity_splash.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:background="@color/colorPrimary"
    tools:context=".SplashActivity">

    <ImageView
        android:src="@drawable/logo"
        android:layout_width="250dp"
        android:layout_height="250dp" />
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Loading..."
        android:textColor="#fff"
        android:textSize="30sp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

</LinearLayout>

SplashActivity.kt

package com.blogspot.atifsoftwares.splashscreenapp

import android.content.Intent
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle
import android.os.Handler
import android.view.Window
import android.view.WindowManager

class SplashActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        //hiding title bar of this activity
        window.requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE)
        //making this activity full screen
        window.setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_splash)

        //4second splash time
        Handler().postDelayed({
            //start main activity
            startActivity(Intent(this@SplashActivity, MainActivity::class.java))
            //finish this activity
            finish()
        },4000)

    }
}

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:gravity="center"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:text="Welcome"
        android:textSize="30sp"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>

MainActivity.kt

package com.blogspot.atifsoftwares.splashscreenapp

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
    }
}

Step 6: Run Project

Output