It would be possible to include the original .apk in your new application. However the original .apk will not be installed when your new application is - it will stay packaged, so your new application would have to take care of installing the original .apk via the package manager when launched (if it is not installed already)
On Aug 8, 10:33 pm, Avtar Khalsa <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the replies. If I make a new application, and only have > the .APK file of the original application, can I bundle that with the > splash screen application that I am making? Or would they need to be > installed separately? > > On Aug 8, 5:29 pm, Joseph Earl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You could create a new application which displays a splash screen and > > then loads the desired activity from your original application (as you > > suggest above). > > Make sure to finish() the splash screen activity once you have started > > your desired activity. > > > On Aug 8, 6:46 pm, Avtar Khalsa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi guys > > > > I am a bit new to android development, and am trying to implement a > > > splash screen on top of an existing APK. The idea would be that the > > > APK still runs exactly the same as before, but before it does, a > > > splash screen displaying the developer's logo comes up for a few > > > seconds. > > > > I know this is easy to do directly in the code for the original APK, > > > but I am hoping to be able to accomplish it without editing that > > > code. > > > > Can anyone point me in the right direction for doing that? I am not > > > even sure if it is possible, but it seems like I just need to make a > > > new APK file that runs just the splash screen and then calls the other > > > application. > > > > Thanks in advance! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
