How to set delay between main activity and a new activity

Question

I want a welcome screen to appear and then after a delay of few seconds start a new activity. Ex. I have mainactivity.java and second activity.java. main activity displays a welcome message and second activity does work. I am using intent to start second activity from main. But the main does not start instead directly second is loaded. Help!!!

@Steve Benett I have no idea for that. I tried using thread.sleep() but of no use — arj, Jul 21 '13 at 14:51

Chinmoy Debnath · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-21T15:09:58.783

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use handler to do that for example

private Handler handler;
private Runnable delayRunnable;

handler = new Handler();
delayRunnable = new Runnable() {

     @Override
     public void run() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub  

           Add your intent here for Second Activity
           Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), secondactivity.class);
             startActivity(i);
    }
};      
handler.postDelayed(delayRunnable, 3000);

edited Jul 21 '13 at 15:09

answered Jul 21 '13 at 14:55

Chinmoy Debnath

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Intent i =new Intent(this,secondactivity.class); is showing the following error... The constructor Intent(new Runnable(){}, Class) is undefined – arj Jul 21 '13 at 15:03
use getApplicationContext() instead of this – Chinmoy Debnath Jul 21 '13 at 15:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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You can use Splash screen activity replacing your mainactivity, and your secondactivity would be the mainactivity of your app...here's a simple tutorial on how to make a splash screen.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

Community

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answered Jul 21 '13 at 14:56

Yukai

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 21 '13 at 15:02

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Try:

private Handler handler = new Handler();

handler.postAtTime(splashTimeTask, SystemClock.uptimeMillis() + 500);

private Runnable splashTimeTask = new Runnable() {
    public void run() {

   }
};

answered Jul 21 '13 at 15:02

Scott Helme

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Intent i =new Intent(this,second.class) shows error in run method The constructor Intent(new Runnable(){}, Class) is undefined – arj Jul 21 '13 at 15:13
@arj Intent(FirstClass.this, second.class) should be ok – M G Jul 21 '13 at 15:18

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 21 '13 at 15:15

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Are you talking about a splash screen? Try this tutorial, it should get you exactly what you want.

answered Jul 21 '13 at 15:15

Guy

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How to set delay between main activity and a new activity

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