Comments on: How to: Create a splash screen http://www.droidnova.com/how-to-create-a-splash-screen,561.html Rapid android development from Berlin Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:34:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Coder http://www.droidnova.com/how-to-create-a-splash-screen,561.html/comment-page-1#comment-1314 Coder Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:55:10 +0000 http://www.droidnova.com/?p=561#comment-1314 Thanks for posting this, very helpful. Thanks for the source code! Thanks for posting this, very helpful. Thanks for the source code!

]]> By: New to developing (internship) having some problems/ignorance related - Android Forums http://www.droidnova.com/how-to-create-a-splash-screen,561.html/comment-page-1#comment-1242 New to developing (internship) having some problems/ignorance related - Android Forums Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:49:28 +0000 http://www.droidnova.com/?p=561#comment-1242 [...] How to: Create a splash screen on Android Development [...] [...] How to: Create a splash screen on Android Development [...]

]]> By: Mike Honcho http://www.droidnova.com/how-to-create-a-splash-screen,561.html/comment-page-1#comment-1207 Mike Honcho Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:14:48 +0000 http://www.droidnova.com/?p=561#comment-1207 @Alex: I know this is late but if anyone else has this problem, you need to capture the onConfigChange events.... @Override public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) { super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig); } @Alex: I know this is late but if anyone else has this problem, you need to capture the onConfigChange events….

@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}

]]> By: m2k http://www.droidnova.com/how-to-create-a-splash-screen,561.html/comment-page-1#comment-1203 m2k Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:02:03 +0000 http://www.droidnova.com/?p=561#comment-1203 just also wanted to thank you alot!! (such full name email questions are jjuuuust rubbish ^^) just also wanted to thank you alot!!

(such full name email questions are jjuuuust rubbish ^^)

]]> By: Matthias http://www.droidnova.com/how-to-create-a-splash-screen,561.html/comment-page-1#comment-1146 Matthias Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:08:16 +0000 http://www.droidnova.com/?p=561#comment-1146 That code is wrong. _active is non-volatile and you don't use any other synchronization primitives like mutexes, so the code may misbehave (visibility of current value of _active is NOT guaranteed, since two threads are reading the variable concurrently). Change the _active variable to volatile or use synchronize(). That code is wrong. _active is non-volatile and you don’t use any other synchronization primitives like mutexes, so the code may misbehave (visibility of current value of _active is NOT guaranteed, since two threads are reading the variable concurrently).

Change the _active variable to volatile or use synchronize().

]]> By: Alex http://www.droidnova.com/how-to-create-a-splash-screen,561.html/comment-page-1#comment-1111 Alex Thu, 27 May 2010 00:47:45 +0000 http://www.droidnova.com/?p=561#comment-1111 The article is very informative, thank you. Here is a problem though. The splash screen is shown when the device changes orientation even if the program is being active, the system just restarts it. How can I show the splash only when the user actually launches the porgram? The article is very informative, thank you.
Here is a problem though. The splash screen is shown when the device changes orientation even if the program is being active, the system just restarts it.
How can I show the splash only when the user actually launches the porgram?

]]> By: Mat http://www.droidnova.com/how-to-create-a-splash-screen,561.html/comment-page-1#comment-1098 Mat Fri, 21 May 2010 23:12:45 +0000 http://www.droidnova.com/?p=561#comment-1098 Hi, thanks a lot for this article ! Like André said, it's possible to use an Handler instead of a Thread. I came to this solution because Thread.stop() is deprecated and the code is much simpler. There is no problem to handle user input to stop the splash screen with this technique, you just have to call the _yourHandler.removeCallback(_yourRunnable) in your onTouchEvent() method to ensure that the runnable will not be launched by the handler. Here is the code : <code> public class SplashScreen extends Activity { protected int _splashTime = 3000; protected Handler _exitHandler = null; protected Runnable _exitRunnable = null; /** Called when the activity is first created. */ @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.splash); // Runnable exiting the splash screen and launching the menu _exitRunnable = new Runnable() { public void run() { exitSplash(); } }; // Run the exitRunnable in in _splashTime ms _exitHandler = new Handler(); _exitHandler.postDelayed(_exitRunnable, _splashTime); } @Override public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) { if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) { // Remove the exitRunnable callback from the handler queue _exitHandler.removeCallbacks(_exitRunnable); // Run the exit code manually exitSplash(); } return true; } private void exitSplash() { finish(); startActivity(new Intent("com.example.MyApp")); } } </code> Hi, thanks a lot for this article !

Like André said, it’s possible to use an Handler instead of a Thread.
I came to this solution because Thread.stop() is deprecated and the code is much simpler.

There is no problem to handle user input to stop the splash screen with this technique, you just have to call the _yourHandler.removeCallback(_yourRunnable) in your onTouchEvent() method to ensure that the runnable will not be launched by the handler.

Here is the code :


public class SplashScreen extends Activity
{

protected int _splashTime = 3000;
protected Handler _exitHandler = null;
protected Runnable _exitRunnable = null;

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.splash);

// Runnable exiting the splash screen and launching the menu
_exitRunnable = new Runnable() {
public void run()
{
exitSplash();
}
};

// Run the exitRunnable in in _splashTime ms
_exitHandler = new Handler();
_exitHandler.postDelayed(_exitRunnable, _splashTime);
}

@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event)
{
if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN)
{
// Remove the exitRunnable callback from the handler queue
_exitHandler.removeCallbacks(_exitRunnable);
// Run the exit code manually
exitSplash();
}
return true;
}

private void exitSplash()
{
finish();
startActivity(new Intent("com.example.MyApp"));
}
}

]]> By: jBilvo http://www.droidnova.com/how-to-create-a-splash-screen,561.html/comment-page-1#comment-1040 jBilvo Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:13:21 +0000 http://www.droidnova.com/?p=561#comment-1040 Thanks! Thanks!

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]]> By: Niraj http://www.droidnova.com/how-to-create-a-splash-screen,561.html/comment-page-1#comment-977 Niraj Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:02:00 +0000 http://www.droidnova.com/?p=561#comment-977 Great tutorial. Helped me out in creating a splash page for my first Android app. Great tutorial. Helped me out in creating a splash page for my first Android app.

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