How to implement Android Splash Screen

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Splash screen is an activity that will show for set time when your app is starting and after set time period redirect to application main scre Example : Lets splash screen show set time is 15 sec then in mean time when splash screen showing you can do these tasks...    1. You can download resources(images) from webserver to your phone.    2. You can make server call and get data from server.    3. Get data from network and save in database.    4. Show something about your app/company/brand on Splash screen. Project Structure : File : src/MainSplashScreen.java Showing two methods to create splash screen .... METHOD 1: Create a thread and set time to sleep after that redirect to main app screen. METHOD 2: Set time to handler and call Handler().postDelayed , it will call run method of runnable after set time and redirect to main app screen. package com.androidexample.splashscreen;   import android.os.Bundle; import android.os.Handler; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Intent; import android.view.Menu;   public class MainSplashScreen extends Activity {       @Override     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.main_splash_screen);           // METHOD 1                        /****** Create Thread that will sleep for 5 seconds *************/                 Thread background = new Thread() {             public void run() {                                   try {                     // Thread will sleep for 5 seconds                     sleep(5*1000);                                           // After 5 seconds redirect to another intent                     Intent i=new Intent(getBaseContext(),FirstScreen.class);                     startActivity(i);                                           //Remove activity                     finish();                                       } catch (Exception e) {                                   }             }         };                   // start thread         background.start();           //METHOD 2                    /*         new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {                            // Using handler with postDelayed called runnable run method                @Override             public void run() {                 Intent i = new Intent(MainSplashScreen.this, FirstScreen.class);                 startActivity(i);                    // close this activity                 finish();             }         }, 5*1000); // wait for 5 seconds         */     }           @Override     protected void onDestroy() {                   super.onDestroy();               } } File : src/FirstScreen.java Splash screen will redirect to this screen. package com.androidexample.splashscreen;   import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle;   public class FirstScreen extends Activity {           @Override     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.firstscreen);               }           @Override     protected void onDestroy() {                   super.onDestroy();               } } Some Experts says :    1. A splash screen prevents the user from using the application.    2. Most of the time, it is not necessary.    3. Adding once viewed images increase the size of your APKs.    4. Users don’t care about branding at launch time.