Creating Splash Screen for Android App in Xamarin

Splash screen is an image that appears while an application is loading. Splash Screens are typically used to notify the user that program is in the process of loading. In this Article, We will learn How to create Splash Screen for Android Application in Xamarin / Mono for Android. In my previous Article, We saw How to create Hello World Application in Xamarin. Before starting, I suggest you to read my previous Article.

• Hello World Application in Xamarin

Let's Begin:
1) Add two images(icon.png for icon and splash.png for displaying image on Splash Screen) in Resources\Drawable folder.

2) Right Click on Values folder present in Resources folder of project -> Add -> New item.

3) Select XML File and give it a Name Styles.xml. In Android Application, We can assign themes to an Activity.

Styles.xml Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <resources>   <style name="Theme.Splash" parent="android:Theme">     <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/splash</item>     <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>   </style> </resources>

In above Code, We have created a Theme named as Theme.Splash and Set the Window Background as splash.png image present in Drawable folder. We have also disabled title bar by Setting windowNoTitle to true.
4) Add new Activity. Right Click on Project -> Go to Add -> New Item.

Select Activity and Give it a name SplashScreen.cs

SplashScreen.cs Code:

using Android.App; using Android.OS; using System.Threading; namespace Splash_Screen {     //Set MainLauncher = true makes this Activity Shown First on Running this Application     //Theme property set the Custom Theme for this Activity     //No History= true removes the Activity from BackStack when user navigates away from the Activity     [Activity(Label="Splash Screen App",MainLauncher=true,Theme="@style/Theme.Splash",NoHistory=true,Icon="@drawable/icon")]     public class SplashScreen : Activity     {         protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle)         {             base.OnCreate(bundle);             //Display Splash Screen for 4 Sec             Thread.Sleep(4000);             //Start Activity1 Activity             StartActivity(typeof(Activity1));         }     } }

In Activity1.cs, We have added a Button with Id="btn_Hello" from ToolBox and Added Click Event and Display Toast message on Clicking the Button.
Activity1.cs Code:

using System; using Android.App; using Android.OS; using Android.Widget; namespace Splash_Screen {     [Activity(Label = "Hello World App")]     public class Activity1 : Activity     {         Button btn_Hello;         protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle)         {             base.OnCreate(bundle);             //SetContentView             SetContentView(Resource.Layout.Main);             //Get btn_Hello Button control from the Manin.axml Layout.             btn_Hello = FindViewById<Button>(Resource.Id.btn_Hello);             //Creating Click event of btn_Hello             btn_Hello.Click += btn_Hello_Click;         }         //btn_Hello Click Event         void btn_Hello_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)         {             //Display a Toast Message on Clicking the btn_Hello             Toast.MakeText(this,"Hello World App by Anoop",ToastLength.Short).Show();         }     } }

Build and Run the Application.
Final Preview:

I hope you like it. Thanks.

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