Black screen before Splash screen appear in android

Add a theme with the background you are using to your application tag in the manifest file to prevent the black screen to be drawn.

theme.xml

<resources><!-- Base application theme is the default theme. --><style name="Theme" parent="android:style/Theme" /><style name="Theme.MyAppTheme" parent="Theme">    <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>    <item name="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item>    <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/my_app_background</item></style></resources>

AndroidManifest.xml

....<application        android:name="@string/app_name"        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"        android:label="@string/app_name"        android:theme="@style/Theme.MyAppTheme"         >....

Read why there is a black screen here

This initial screen that you see is called the "Preview" screen. You can disable this completely by declaring this in your theme:

android:windowDisablePreview<style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="android:style/Theme.Holo">    <!-- This disables the black preview screen -->    <item name="android:windowDisablePreview">true</item></style>

An explanation of how to handle this screen is posted here: http://cyrilmottier.com/2013/01/23/android-app-launching-made-gorgeous/

Add this line in your AndroidManifest.xml to the Launcher Activity:

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen