How to move an image right to left slide in splash screen[Animation]

Question

• I doesn't know how to move an image right to left slide in SplashActivity.
• Below I posted a code for SplashActivity.I got an output.But Images wasn't slide.It displays an image simply one after another.

SplashActivity.java:

public class SplashActivity extends FragmentActivity {

    // create object of progressbar
    ProgressBar prgLoading;

    // set variable for progress bar to 0
    int progress = 0;
    private View view;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.layout_splash);

        Animation slide = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getApplicationContext(), R.anim.slide_in_left);

        final ImageView splashImageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.splashImageView);

        splashImageView.setBackgroundResource(R.anim.splash);

        final AnimationDrawable frameAnimation = (AnimationDrawable) splashImageView
                .getBackground();

        view.startAnimation(slide);

        Thread timer = new Thread() {
            public void run() {
                try {
                    sleep(5000);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                } finally {
                    Intent splash = new Intent(SplashActivity.this,
                            HomeActivity.class);
                    startActivity(splash);
                }
            }
        };

        timer.start();
        splashImageView.post(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                frameAnimation.start();
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPause() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onPause();
        finish();
    }

}

layout_splash.xml:

<?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:orientation="vertical" >

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

        <FrameLayout
            android:id="@android:id/tabcontent"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:layout_above="@android:id/tabs" >

                <ImageView 
                    android:id="@+id/splashImageView"
                    android:background="@drawable/spl1"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    />

          </FrameLayout>
    </RelativeLayout>

</LinearLayout>

In res/anim/slide_in_left.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shareInterpolator="false" >
    <translate android:duration="1000" android:fromXDelta="0%" android:toXDelta="-100%"/>
    <alpha android:duration="1000" android:fromAlpha="1.0" android:toAlpha="0.0" />
</set>

In res/anim/splash.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<animation-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:id="@+id/flaganim"
    android:oneshot="false"
    >

    <item android:drawable="@drawable/spl1" android:duration="2000" />
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/spl2" android:duration="2000" />
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/spl3" android:duration="2000" />

    </animation-list>

• I got an output as three images simply display one after another.But Images doesn't slide from Right to Left.
• Anybody can help me if you know how to solve these.Thank you.

Answer 1

I have removed all unnecessary portions of your code. Additionally I improved it a bit, for example I use a Timer instead of Thread.sleep() and that weird finish() in onPause() can be replaced with Intent flags. I also removed the call to your animation drawable. With the slide animation I assume you aren't going to need that anymore.

public class SplashActivity extends FragmentActivity {

    private final TimerTask spashScreenFinished = new TimerTask() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            Intent splash = new Intent(SplashActivity.this, HomeActivity.class);     
            // We set these flags so the user cannot return to the SplashScreen
            splash.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
            startActivity(splash);
        }
    };

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.layout_splash);

        // We get the ImageView and set the background. (If possible do this in XML instead of code)
        final ImageView splashImageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.splashImageView);
        splashImageView.setBackgroundResource(R.anim.splash);

        // We load the slide animation and apply it to the ImageView
        Animation slide = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getApplicationContext(), R.anim.slide_in_left);
        splashImageView.startAnimation(slide);

        // We use a Timer to schedule a TimerTask for 5 seconds in the future!
        Timer timer = new Timer();
        timer.schedule(this.spashScreenFinished, 5000);
    }
}

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Also: Don't use splash screens! They are always a sign of a badly designed app. If your app needs to load that much on startup then you are doing something wrong. And if it doesn't need to load anything than there is no reason to keep the user waiting for 5 seconds. A good app should start instantly and be usable as quick as possible.