The splash screen of the developer's own logo does not work properly on ANDROID 12 and above

[mehmury]

Changes have been made for the special splash screens we use in applications for Android 12 and above.

I realized this situation when I bought a new mobile device. When I try my applications on my new device, the application logo of each application appears instead of the splash image that I added to my applications before.

It has been reported that this can be adjusted in a new AIR version or with an ANE to solve this situation that occurs for Android 12 and above. ()#1503 Will an API for this be added in a new Air sdk version?

I could not find any published ANE on this subject.

[marchbold]

Hi, Potentially a duplicate of https://github.com/airsdk/Adobe-Runtime-Support/issues/1503

I listed a way you can customise the splash screen without requiring an ANE or AIR update, just through some custom resources.

Let me know if that helps.

[mehmury]

@marchbold Thank you. Yes, I read and used the title you shared. The problem is that after applying these steps, the application logo of the application appears instead of my own png logo that I prepared for the splash screen. This is valid for Android 12 and later. In previous android versions, my own developer logo appears.

[marchbold]

Can you elaborate on what you did? The example I used displayed the app icon so that would be expected if you copied it.

You'll need to add your new image as a resource and then reference it in the splash_screen_animateable_icon.xml

<animation-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:oneshot="true">
    <item android:drawable="@mipmap/icon" android:duration="600" />
</animation-list>

The item here references the app icon. Change that drawable to be your app logo resource, whatever name you have given it. Have a look at the Android asset studio if you want to make a resource outside of android studio. https://romannurik.github.io/AndroidAssetStudio/

[mehmury]

Thank you for your response. For previous Android versions, I was using a method similar to the one mentioned in the title #1503. Now I completely deleted the old styles files and applied the process you suggested alone.

first <resdir>res</resdir> in my manifest xml file I added the feature

Then I created a file named values-v33 under the res folder and set the target android version in the manifest xml to 33.

I created the styles.xml file in the values-v33 folder and took the example you gave exactly.

I created the same splash_screen_animateable_icon.xml file in the drawable folder and set its content as below.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<animation-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:oneshot="true">
    <item android:drawable="@mipmap/splash_image" android:duration="600" />
</animation-list>

After this process, while compiling my application with Adobe Animate, I constantly get the error that I screenshotted.

Air SDK version I use: 50.2.4.3 The device I tested is Samsung Galaxy A54 android version 14. operating system PC: windows 11 pro

[marchbold]

That error indicates it cannot find a resource you are specifying. Could be something wrong with how you have included or written the resources.

Here's an example project and I've changed it to use a custom resource instead of the app icon:

https://github.com/marchbold/air-splashscreen-example

[mehmury]

Thank you very much for your informative example. I applied it according to the example and managed to use my own logo as a slash screen. I updated 9 of my applications in the Google Play store with this logo.

However, it was not possible to use two similar methods in parallel, which I used for the same purpose for this splash screen image before, so my applications show a black screen instead of a splash screen in versions before Android 12. I guess there is no solution for previous versions.

[marchbold]

What method were you using previously?

As long as you used the name values-v31 for the folder it should only apply this method to Android versions 31+

[mehmury]

I used a similar method before.

Create the file named splash_background.xml in the drawable folder and add its contents.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
     <item android:drawable="@color/splash_background_color" />
     <item>
         <bitmap
             android:gravity="center"
             android:src="@drawable/splash_image" />
     </item>
</layer-list>

I prepare it this way. I also add the splash_image.png file to the drawable folder.

Then just add styles.xml and color.xml in the folder named values. I am creating the files.

for styles.xml

<resources>
     <style name="Theme.NoShadow" parent="android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar">
         <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/splash_background</item>
     </style>
</resources>

for color.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
     <color name="splash_background_color">#CDA8DB</color>
</resources>

We create content.

I think styles.xml files create a conflict when we use them together with the old version you gave.

[marchbold]

So you should be able to do this alongside the method I have shown, just place your old styles.xml in the values folder. Then the values-v31 should override it for android 31 +

Let me know if that doesn't work and I'll investigate.

[mehmury]

Thank you for keeping the topic alive. Yes, exactly, when I place the old styles file in the values folder and the new one for Android 31 and later in values-v31, it works in old versions, that is, before Android 31. However, for Android 31+, the application's logo appears instead of my own developer logo. I think it is necessary to define the paths of the files in the SDK according to the new version. or something similar.

[marchbold]

Hmmm something sounds off there, in values-v31/styles.xml it should have a different style for the Theme.NoShadow which contains a different drawable to display? Are you correctly specifying the logo you want to display in there?

In the example above it uses @drawable/splash_screen_animateable_icon which contains a yellow icon: @drawable/ic_logo_yellow

[mehmury]

Yes, I tried the path in the splash_screen_animateable_icon file linked to the styles I used for values-v31 with a different png from the old styles file. The result is still negative.

The application logo still appears for Android 31+. There is one thing I noticed, when I try using only the new styles file in values-v31, I also get an error when compiling it without re-copying the new styles file in parallel into the empty values folder.

Also, when using the only new system, it seems that there is a mask that shades and covers the area around the logo. I overcame the problem by making the logo small enough.