Xamarin
A Microsoft open-source app platform for building Android and iOS apps with .NET and C#.
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See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/android/user-interface/splash-screen
How to create a Splash screen on Andriod
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Matthew Zoljan
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Hi,
What is the easiest way to create a Splash screen for my Xamarin project.
I can't get it to work. Now my app won't work at all.
Some help would be appreciated.
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C#
An object-oriented and type-safe programming language that has its roots in the C family of languages and includes support for component-oriented programming.
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Olaf Helper 46,551 Reputation points2023-10-02T12:56:21.36+00:00 -
Matthew Zoljan 120 Reputation points
2023-10-03T04:49:03.7233333+00:00 Hi, I followed the instructions and got it working but the only issue is that it still shows my app for the first splash screen, then the second splash screen is the one I just setup with the instructions. How can I get rid of the first splash screen?
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Leon Lu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 81,191 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff2023-10-03T06:27:10.6466667+00:00 Here is a workaround to make the first splash screen disappear. Please add
<item name="android:windowIsTranslucent">true</item>in your splash screen style to make the first splash screen to transparent.<style name="MyTheme.Splash" parent ="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar"> <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/splash_screen</item> <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item> <item name="android:windowIsTranslucent">true</item> <item name="android:windowFullscreen">true</item> <item name="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item> <item name="android:windowActionBar">true</item> </style>As note:
From the android 12, the android will use the SplashScreen Api to show the splash screen. From Android 12, it's not possible to opt out of the splash screen. It is only possible to customize it: icon, window background, exit animation.
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Matthew Zoljan 120 Reputation points
2023-10-03T06:45:08.5466667+00:00 Is there a way to change the image of the first splash screen? This way I can get rid of the second splash screen and use the inbuilt one of the main theme.
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Graham McKechnie 441 Reputation points2023-10-03T08:00:00.3966667+00:00 Since Google will only accept apps built with at least Android 12, you therefore can't ignore the requirement to use the SplashScreen Api. See the following link https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/launch/splash-screen/migrate. To make it simple just check the link I provided.
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Graham McKechnie 441 Reputation points
2023-10-02T22:24:52.5866667+00:00 You can see how to do it here https://github.com/gmck/XamarinBasicSplashScreen. The previous answer is not going to work with Android 12 and higher.