How to play an audio/ music while displaying splash screen during the start of your Android App?

Splash Screen audio for Android App

In this video it shows the code to play an audio (mp3) file while displaying the splash screen (for 3 seconds) during the start of the App.

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Details:

package com.programmerworld.splashscreenaudioapp;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Looper;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

public class SplashActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;
    private static final int SPLASH_DURATION = 3000; // 3 seconds

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_splash); // Ensure you have a splash screen layout

        // Play the splash music
        mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.splash_sound);
        if (mediaPlayer != null) {
            mediaPlayer.start();
        }

        // Using Handler with Looper (Recommended for API 30+)
        new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()).postDelayed(() -> {
            Intent intent = new Intent(SplashActivity.this, MainActivity.class);
            startActivity(intent);
            finish();
        }, SPLASH_DURATION);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        if (mediaPlayer != null) {
            mediaPlayer.release();
            mediaPlayer = null;
        }
    }
}

package com.programmerworld.splashscreenaudioapp;

//How to play an audio/ music while displaying splash screen during the start of your Android App?


import android.os.Bundle;

import androidx.activity.EdgeToEdge;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.core.graphics.Insets;
import androidx.core.view.ViewCompat;
import androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsCompat;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        EdgeToEdge.enable(this);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        ViewCompat.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener(findViewById(R.id.main), (v, insets) -> {
            Insets systemBars = insets.getInsets(WindowInsetsCompat.Type.systemBars());
            v.setPadding(systemBars.left, systemBars.top, systemBars.right, systemBars.bottom);
            return insets;
        });
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/data_extraction_rules"
        android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules"
        android:icon="@drawable/splash_logo"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@drawable/splash_logo"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.SplashScreenAudioApp"
        tools:targetApi="31">

        <activity android:name=".SplashActivity"
            android:exported="true">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

        <activity android:name=".MainActivity" />


    </application>

</manifest>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/main"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Hello World!"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:background="@color/white"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="200dp"
        android:layout_height="200dp"
        android:src="@drawable/splash_logo" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Welcome to My App"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:paddingTop="20dp"/>
</LinearLayout>

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