I am trying to show a custom view as real splash screen that pops up when flutter is initialising its first frame. I am following the documentation but as it says we need to create a flutter fragment and override provideSplashScreen method. I did that but I don't know how to add that fragment to the activity or how to reference that fragment in the manifest.
My Manifest File
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.neer.neer">
<!-- io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication is an android.app.Application that
calls FlutterMain.startInitialization(this); in its onCreate method.
In most cases you can leave this as-is, but you if you want to provide
additional functionality it is fine to subclass or reimplement
FlutterApplication and put your custom class here. -->
<application
android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="neer">
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
android:launchMode="singleTop"
android:theme="@style/LaunchTheme"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
<meta-data
android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterFragment"
android:value=".MyFlutterFragment" />
<!-- Specifies an Android theme to apply to this Activity as soon as
the Android process has started. This theme is visible to the user
while the Flutter UI initializes. After that, this theme continues
to determine the Window background behind the Flutter UI. -->
<meta-data
android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.NormalTheme"
android:resource="@style/NormalTheme" />
<!-- Displays an Android View that continues showing the launch screen
Drawable until Flutter paints its first frame, then this splash
screen fades out. A splash screen is useful to avoid any visual
gap between the end of Android's launch screen and the painting of
Flutter's first frame. -->
<meta-data
android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.SplashScreenProvider"
android:resource=".MyFlutterFragment" />
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<!-- Don't delete the meta-data below.
This is used by the Flutter tool to generate GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java -->
<meta-data
android:name="flutterEmbedding"
android:value="2" />
</application>
</manifest>
My MainActivity.java
package com.neer.neer;
import android.animation.Animator;
import android.animation.ObjectAnimator;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.PersistableBundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.animation.LinearInterpolator;
import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity;
import io.flutter.embedding.android.SplashScreen;
class MainActivity extends FlutterActivity {
@Override
public void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState, @Nullable PersistableBundle persistentState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState, persistentState);
}
}
MyFlutterFragment.java file. I Need this fragment to show as splash screen
package com.neer.neer;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import io.flutter.embedding.android.DrawableSplashScreen;
import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterFragment;
import io.flutter.embedding.android.SplashScreen;
public class MyFlutterFragment extends FlutterFragment {
@Override
public SplashScreen provideSplashScreen() {
// Load the splash Drawable.
// Drawable splash = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.my_splash);
// Construct a DrawableSplashScreen with the loaded splash
// Drawable and return it.
// return new DrawableSplashScreen(splash);
return new MySplashScreen();
}
}
MySplashScreen.java file.
package com.neer.neer;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
import io.flutter.embedding.android.SplashScreen;
public class MySplashScreen implements SplashScreen {
@Nullable
@Override
public View createSplashView(@NonNull Context context, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
return LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.splash_screen, null, false);
}
@Override
public void transitionToFlutter(@NonNull Runnable onTransitionComplete) {
onTransitionComplete.run();
}
}
spash_screen.xml file (Layout for the splash screen)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@android:color/background_dark"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="N E E R"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:textColor="@android:color/white"
android:textSize="@android:dimen/notification_large_icon_width"
android:textStyle="bold"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|bottom"
android:text="Powered by ICCW"
android:textColor="@android:color/white"
android:textSize="26sp"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
/>
</FrameLayout>
In Flutter documentation it is not mentioned that you Flutter Activity also has the method provideSplashScreen that can be overriden. So, I looked at the list of overrides that FlutterActivity provide and saw the method provideSplashScreen there. and it worked.
for someone else who find themselves in same situation
Just override provideSplashScreen method in you MainActivity that extends FlutterActivity
public class MainActivity extends FlutterActivity {
@Nullable
@Override
public SplashScreen provideSplashScreen() {
return new MySplashScreen(); //Your Custom Splash Screen
}
}
class MySplashScreen implements SplashScreen {
@Nullable
@Override
public View createSplashView(@NonNull Context context, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
return LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.splash_screen, null, false);
}
@Override
public void transitionToFlutter(@NonNull Runnable onTransitionComplete) {
onTransitionComplete.run();
}
}