Question

On iOS you create a load screen for when the app loads, is there a similar thing in Android. When my app loads, I get a black screen until it opens.

Answer 1

I’m in no way a iOS expert, but if you’re referring to a splash screen, you can do the following:

Create an Activity that it’s intent-filter category is set as LAUNCHER in the manifest… say you call it Splash:

<activity
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:name=".Splash" >
        <intent-filter >
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
</activity>

Then in the new Activity onCreate execute a postDelay to start a new Intent:

new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            Intent intent = new Intent();
            intent.setClass(Splash.this, MyMainActivity.class);
            Splash.this.startActivity(intent);
            Splash.this.finish();
        }
    }, 3000); // splash will show for 3 seconds