Splash Screen in Android Kotlin Example

Splash screen is the first screen when we open an application. You saw different types of splash screen, we can create one our own simple splash screen for our android application. So let’s learn how to create Splash screen in android studio using kotlin language.

Create new Splash Screen XML layout.

Design the layout for your splash screen_activity.xml as an example below.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    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"
    tools:context=".SplashScreen">

< ImageView
        android:id="@+id/SplashScreenImage"
        android:layout_width="300dp"
        android:layout_height="200dp"
        android:src="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

< /androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Create a Splash Screen Kotlin Class

Now, let’s create a splash screen kotlin class and map to splash_activity.xml. We need a splash screen should be live for 3 seconds then it should redirect to Main Activity.

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle
import android.content.Intent
import android.os.Handler
import android.os.Looper
import android.view.WindowManager

    @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
    class SplashScreen : AppCompatActivity() {
        override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
            setContentView(R.layout.spalsh_activity)

            window.setFlags(
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN
            )

       
            Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()).postDelayed({
                val intent = Intent(this, MainActivity::class.java)
                startActivity(intent)
                finish()
            }, 3000) 
        }
    }

Modify AndroidManifest.xml

Main Activity will be the default launcher activity, change it newly created splash screen activity.

  

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

   <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/data_extraction_rules"
        android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.KotlinSplashScreen"
        tools:targetApi="31">
        <activity
            android:name=".SplashScreen"
            android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar"
            android:exported="true">
           <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
               <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
           </intent-filter>
       </activity>

      <activity android:name=".MainActivity"/>

    </application>
</manifest>

Lets run the application now and see how it is working.