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How to Make Splash Screen in Android Studio Using Kotlin

ngurah.anggawijaya30th December 2022

To create a splash screen in Android Studio using Kotlin, you can follow these steps:

1. Create a new Android Studio project and select the “Empty Activity” template.
2. In the “res” directory, create a new directory called “drawable” and add a splash screen image to this directory. This image should be the same size as the screen resolution of the device on which the app will be displayed.
3. In the “styles.xml” file, which is located in the “res/values” directory, add a new style for the splash screen theme. This theme should have a transparent background and should reference the splash screen image as the background.

<style name="SplashTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
    <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/splash_screen</item>
</style>

4. In the “AndroidManifest.xml” file, set the splash screen theme as the app’s starting theme.

<activity android:name=".MainActivity"
          android:theme="@style/SplashTheme">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

5. In the “MainActivity.kt” file, set the app’s regular theme as the activity’s theme after a short delay. This will allow the splash screen to be displayed for a few seconds before the app’s main activity is displayed.

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

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

        Handler().postDelayed({
            // Set app theme after delay
            setTheme(R.style.AppTheme)
        }, SPLASH_SCREEN_DELAY)
    }
}

6. In the “res/values” directory, create a new resource file called “dimens.xml” and add a value for the splash screen delay.

<dimen name="splash_screen_delay">3000</dimen>

7. In the “MainActivity.kt” file, define a constant for the splash screen delay and use the value from the “dimens.xml” file.

private const val SPLASH_SCREEN_DELAY = 3000L

8. Run the app to see the splash screen.

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