Splash window in Java

Question

I am trying to create a splash screen that displays a gif animation. The thing about my Splash screen I want to actually make it appear after the main() function returns (Main() just creates a login screen. I want my GUI initialization to begin after the user puts in a password). In addition my splash screen should disappear after the completion of certain non-GUI background actions.

So... Can I (or should I) use awt's SplashScreen class in this scenario?

My current implementation manages to display a blank splash screen and hide it in the right time. The problem is that the gif animation is only loaded after the GUI is initialized. I think it is because the EDT is busy with GUI initialization and can't display animation.

I was hoping that maybe SplashScreen class would solve that issue. If anyone has any hints or tips it would be appreciated.

Answer 1

The tutorial appears to suggest you can use animation.

The splash screen can display any gif, png, or jpeg image, with transparency, translucency, and animation. The figure below represents an example of the Java application splash screen developed as an animated gif file.