[android-developers] Re: adding a splash screen to an APK

2010-08-08 Thread Joseph Earl
It would be possible to include the original .apk in your new application. However the original .apk will not be installed when your new application is - it will stay packaged, so your new application would have to take care of installing the original .apk via the package manager when launched (if

[android-developers] Re: adding a splash screen to an APK

2010-08-08 Thread Avtar Khalsa
Thanks for the replies. If I make a new application, and only have the .APK file of the original application, can I bundle that with the splash screen application that I am making? Or would they need to be installed separately? On Aug 8, 5:29 pm, Joseph Earl wrote: > You could create a new appl

[android-developers] Re: adding a splash screen to an APK

2010-08-08 Thread Joseph Earl
You could create a new application which displays a splash screen and then loads the desired activity from your original application (as you suggest above). Make sure to finish() the splash screen activity once you have started your desired activity. On Aug 8, 6:46 pm, Avtar Khalsa wrote: > Hi gu

[android-developers] Re: adding a splash screen to an APK

2010-08-08 Thread Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)
Try using a theme. You can specify that in the manifest: Then in your theme: @drawable/background No code required at all. An added benefit is the background comes up virtually instantly. A downside is (I belie