Design Splash Screen

Splash Screen

The splash screen greets the user with the full OT Studio logo while the app starts. It runs in two stages, because Android limits what a system splash screen may show.

Stage 1: the system splash

Box	What it holds	Why
Background	Solid black	Matches the app canvas, so the hand-off to stage 2 shows no flash
Center icon	The tiger head, without the phone	Android 12 and later allow only a centered icon on the system splash, cropped to a circle. The tiger head fits that circle cleanly. The full logo with its lettering would be cut off.

Android draws this stage itself before any app code runs. On Android 10 and 11 the compatibility library recreates the same look.

Stage 2: the logo

Box	What it holds	Why
Background	Solid black, full screen	Keeps one continuous black surface from launch to the main screen
Logo	The OTStudio artwork, centered, up to 340 dp wide or 82 percent of the screen width	Shows the complete brand, lettering included, which stage 1 cannot do

The logo stays for 0.9 seconds and then fades out over 0.35 seconds. The main screen is already built underneath, so the app is ready the instant the fade ends. The splash blocks taps while it shows, so a stray tap cannot press a hidden button.

Stage 2 appears only on a fresh launch. Turning the phone or returning from another app skips it, because the logo should welcome the user rather than interrupt them.