A little animation seemed the perfect trick for the job. To spice up your own splash screen, you can use the code presented in this article. Check Resources for the complete source.

There is an easier way to add splash screens to your Java applications. Lee Chuk-Munn shows you how.

That is, unless one puts the initialization code in the Splash screen object - which is not proper coding. This is purely a timing issue, and in retrospect, I am not sure that the sleep is necessary.

Starting with Android 12 and its third developer preview, Google will now show an auto-generated splash screen on all apps.

For the longest time, YouTube has had a somewhat static splash screen that simply shows its logo when you first launch the app. But the company has been working on a new loading animation and ...