> do you mean I remove the declaration from manifest.xml and handle it my > own > way, If yes can you specify how?
No. You have a ContentProvider. By your description, it is doing some sort of initialization that is preventing the first Activity from being displayed for a while. Since a ContentProvider normally starts up in microseconds, I am assuming you know what code it is that is taking so long. I am saying you should not be executing that code on the main application thread, as that is why the Activity is being blocked. Use an AsyncTask or something to have the long-running code execute off the main application thread. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en