Splash Screen in Android

ScreenShots:

activity_main.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    android:orientation="vertical"

    android:layout_width="fill_parent"

    android:layout_height="fill_parent"

    android:background="@drawable/welcome"

    >

    

</LinearLayout>

second.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    android:layout_width="match_parent"

    android:layout_height="match_parent"

    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <TextView

        android:id="@+id/textView1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:text="Welcome to homescreen"

        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />

</LinearLayout>

MainActivity.java:

package com.ram.splashscreen;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.content.Intent;

import android.os.Bundle;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

/** Called when the activity is first created. */

@Override

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

Thread splashThread = new Thread() {

public void run() {

try {

sleep(5000);

} catch (InterruptedException e) {

// TODO Auto-generated catch block

e.printStackTrace();

} finally {

finish();

Intent in = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),

SecondActivity.class);

startActivity(in);

}

}

};

splashThread.start();

}

}

SecondActivity.java:

package com.ram.splashscreen;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.os.Bundle;

public class SecondActivity extends Activity {

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

// TODO Auto-generated method stub

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.second);

}

}

AndroidManifest.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    package="com.ram.splashscreen"

    android:versionCode="1"

    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk

        android:minSdkVersion="8"

        android:targetSdkVersion="16" />

    <application

        android:allowBackup="true"

        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"

        android:label="@string/app_name"

        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

        <activity

            android:name="com.ram.splashscreen.MainActivity"

            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="SecondActivity"></activity>

    </application>

</manifest>