Android pre`loading Activity -

i have question regarding loading of first activity in app. before loading it, app shows screen: https://www.dropbox.com/s/r33n3u3xfmth345/screenshot_2013-08-16-12-02-08.png , , like, load directly activity.

i'll mention im using sherlockactivity, , tried setting theme both in manifest or programatically in oncreate() of activity, same result (pre-loads screen 2-3 secs, loads activity). thoughts ?

you have use splash screen activity , after have start own activity splash screen activity.

here code splashactivity.

public class splashactivity extends activity { private int splashtime = 3000; private thread thread; private progressbar mspinner; @override protected void oncreate(bundle savedinstancestate) {     // todo auto-generated method stub     super.oncreate(savedinstancestate);      setcontentview(r.layout.activity_splash);     mspinner = (progressbar) findviewbyid(r.id.splash_progressbar);     mspinner.setindeterminate(true);     thread = new thread(runable);     thread.start();  } public runnable runable = new runnable() {     public void run() {         try {             thread.sleep(splashtime);         } catch (interruptedexception e) {             e.printstacktrace();         }         try {             startactivity(new intent(splashactivity.this,youractivityname.class));             finish();         } catch (exception e) {             // todo: handle exception         }     } }; } 

here code activity_spalsh.xml file .....

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <relativelayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:background="#48ad83" android:orientation="vertical" >  <textview     android:id="@+id/textview1"     android:layout_width="wrap_content"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:layout_centerinparent="true"     android:layout_marginbottom="20dp"     android:layout_margintop="10dp"     android:gravity="center_horizontal"     android:text="  app name "     android:textappearance="?android:attr/textappearancelarge"     android:textcolor="#a52a2a" />  <progressbar     android:id="@+id/splash_progressbar"     style="?android:attr/progressbarstylelarge"     android:layout_width="wrap_content"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:layout_below="@+id/textview1"     android:layout_centerinparent="true"     android:layout_margintop="5dp" />  </relativelayout>