Implementing a Splash Screen using Splash Screen API in Android (No more Extra Screen for Splash Screen) using Jetpack Compose

[MuindiStephen]

Almost all Android applications needs a splash screens which contains either app logo, app name or even both to give some hint about the application. Since this splash screen becomes the main launcher screen that appears when you open your android application, android developer usually have to create an extra screen to do this task.

However, a new splash screen API is there to help developers to implement splash screens in a modern way except the normal traditional way where you just create a new screen and pause it for around 2000 or 3000 milliseconds then move to other app main screens.
With this new modern way of implementing Splash screen using don't need to declare time to wait.

Key Takeaways

• How the new splash screen works
• Adding new splash screen API in android using Jetpack compose
• Implementing the modern Splash Screen

References

https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/launch/splash-screen/migrate

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@auxesis Would you recommend this?