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Android 12 Splash Screen Icon Not Displaying

I am seeing a weird issue with a new app that I am starting. I am utilizing the new Android 12 splash screen API to create my splash screen and I followed the guide provided by Google to do so. I included core-splashscreen in my project to provide compatibility with older versions of Android OS. When I run the app, I see the splash screen as expected on older OS versions like API 30, but when I run it on API 31, the splash screen icon that I provide is not displayed. The background color that I specify is displayed, but the icon is not there at all. I have tried this with a drawable asset as well as a mipmap and nothing is working. I am stumped as every tutorial I find shows the same steps I have followed and screenshots of their working splash screens, but I am not having any luck.
For context here is my splash screen style definition for v31:
<style name="Theme.Splash" parent="Theme.SplashScreen">
<item name="android:windowSplashScreenBackground">#color/orange_7A</item>
<item name="android:windowSplashScreenAnimatedIcon">#drawable/splash_foreground</item>
<item name="postSplashScreenTheme">#style/Theme.App</item>
</style>
I have an identical style for all other OS versions except I'm using "windowSplashScreenAnimatedIcon" instead of "android:windowSplashScreenAnimatedIcon". I have tried v31 with and without the "android:" in front of the item names and neither work. Here is my MainActivity.kt:
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
installSplashScreen()
setContent {
MyVeevaTheme {
Login()
}
}
}
I am also setting the "android:theme" property to my splash style in my AndroidManifest.xml. I know the splash style is being applied because it honors the background color, but it is not showing the icon for some reason even though the icon shows fine for older OS versions. Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

TL;DR kill the app and run from the launcher, icon does not show up when run from Android Studio.
Adding my comment here as an answer for better visibility.
I did figure out how to get it to show. I was following this tutorial to set up a base project to recreate the issue and I noticed the note the author put right near the bottom that mentions that just running the app doesn't show the full splash screen. You have to kill it and open the app from the launcher. Once I did that, I was able to see my splash screen. Annoying, but at least I have a way to test it now. I did go ahead and log a bug report for this as well, but I have a work around for now. Thanks for everyone's answers/comments!

folks as per the document installSplashScreen() should have been called prior to super.onCreate()

When you use the AndroidX SplashScreen Library, like you are doing (Theme.SplashScreen) you need to use the windowSplashScreen* attributes without the android: prefix.
The android: prefix is used to call the platform attributes, but in this case you are using the library and not the platform, so no need for the prefix:
res/values/themes.xml:
<style name="Theme.Splash" parent="Theme.SplashScreen">
<item name="windowSplashScreenBackground">#color/orange_7A</item>
<item name="windowSplashScreenAnimatedIcon">#drawable/splash_foreground</item>
<item name="postSplashScreenTheme">#style/Theme.App</item>
</style>

For some reason when the app is launched through android studio it doesn't show the icon. Kill the app and launch app from the menu. Then the icon will appear.
This is true if you are not using Splash API: https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/launch/splash-screen/migrate

Icons are also not shown when navigating from the deeplink.
And It looks like its more then only not showing the icon. It also stops calling code for setOnExitAnimation lambda.
installSplashScreen().apply {
setOnAnimationListener { viewProvider ->
viewProvider.iconView
.animate()
.setDuration(500L)
.alpha(0f)
.withEndAnimation {
viewProvider.remove()
someActionCall()
}
.start()
}
If you relied upon this code to be always called it is not.
See mention in issue tracker: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/207095799

The following instructions helped me, you may try this one. A few things need to keep in mind while working with the new splash screen API.
Keep updated on the latest library version. Follow this link (https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/core).
Put installSplashScreen() before setContentView()
Make a proper theme for the splash screen. You may try the following one.
Put this into your styles.xml or themes.xml folder and use it with your activity as the theme.
<!-- Splash Screen Theme. -->
<style name="Theme.AppSplash" parent="Theme.SplashScreen">
<item name="windowSplashScreenBackground">#color/white</item>
<item name="windowSplashScreenAnimatedIcon">#mipmap/ic_launcher_round</item>
<item name="windowSplashScreenAnimationDuration">1000</item>
<item name="postSplashScreenTheme">#style/AppTheme</item>
</style>

Make sure you set the theme to the MainActivity as well. For me that was the cause for the splash screen to now show. So you have to set the theme in both the application and the MainActivity

In addition to the other explanations above, I had the same issue but I realized that in my Manifest file I was setting the Splashscreen theme on my MainActivity which is correct, but my MainActivity was not having the main/launcher intent-filter which tells the android OS that this is the starting activity.
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
So in your manifest, check that you are actually setting the Splashscreen theme on the Starting activity that is having the main/launcher intent-filter, and leave the Application tag to have your application theme and not the Splashscreen theme, to avoid having your app misbehave on other activities due to the theme because I experienced that too (This is especially for those migrating to the new splash screen).
Thank you, I hope someone finds this helpful

I had the same problem on my phone running Android 12. None of the above suggestions worked, (moving installSpashScreen() above super.onCreate etc...)
What fixed it for me was adding the android:theme attribute in the manifest to the Launching <activity> Tag, Not the <application> Tag, which is contrary to the documentation :
In the manifest, replace the theme of the starting activity to the theme you created in the previous step.
<manifest>
<application android:theme="#style/Theme.App.Starting">
<!-- or -->
<activity android:theme="#style/Theme.App.Starting">
Note, you still have to kill the activity and launch it from the launcher for this to work :(

In my case, the problem with the lack of a splash screen was the installation of the default activity theme:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<application
android:name=".App"
android:theme="#style/Theme.Tracker.StartSplashScreen"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:allowBackup="true"
android:dataExtractionRules="#xml/data_extraction_rules"
android:fullBackupContent="#xml/backup_rules"
tools:targetApi="tiramisu">
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:exported="true"
android:theme="#style/Theme.Tracker"> <-------
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
When I deleted android:theme="#style/Theme.Tracker" line, it started working.

App displays perfectly on emulator but not on design preview?

Edit: new image displaying rendering errors(first time asking a question, sorry if I've left anything out!)
I haven't come across a solution for this. On google there's only solutions to the reverse of this where the emulator isn't showing what the design preview is!
It must be something to with my themes because I have rendering problems:
"Failed to find style 'textInputStyle' in current theme".
However I've tried to switch between every theme with no improvement.
Honestly just confused as to why it would work perfectly on the emulator but not on the preview, It would be handier to have this function working rather than building and running for every single change, thanks!
This is my styles.xml:
`
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/colorText</item>
<item name="android:textColorHint">#color/colorText</item>
<item name="colorControlNormal">#color/colorText</item>
<item name="colorControlActivated">#color/colorText</item>
</style>
`
and the manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<activity
android:name="com.example.cathy.myapplication.activities.LoginActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.example.cathy.myapplication.activities.RegisterActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
<activity
android:name="com.example.cathy.myapplication.activities.UsersListActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
</application>

There can be many reasons causing this issue! lets see them one by one!
In android studio cache is one issue so first follow the solution 1!
SOLUTION ONE
"1: INVALIDATING CACHE AND RESTART"
As in your provided styles you are not changing any builtin theme style then this input is one clear sign that android studio is not properly responding with the design part of the project that you require to build!
So GO to FILE menu ==> Invalidate Cache and Restart and see if that works! on restart ! this should!
SOLUTION TWO
"1: Selecting the proper design render sdk option"
In the image I encircled the option to select by default it select what's more suitable but Softwares do make tiny mistakes too! so try changing the sdk version there! if you have multiple sdk platforms installed for android! This will refresh the design in the design area!
SOLUTION Three
"3: Updating the sdk from settings or Downloading most famously used Android sdk api"
go in your settings of android and open sdk manager! download any other android api for android install it completely!
SOLUTION Four
"4 Update your android studio to latest build tools and latest apis"
Go in Help Menu and press Check for updates and follow the rules!

Change your build file in android. I had alpha3 before.
dependencies {
.....
implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0-alpha1'
.......
implementation 'com.android.support:design:28.0.0-alpha1'
.....
}

How can I achieve this theme with AppCompat?

I am trying to create this theme for one, and just one of my activities:
Since I am learning how this styles work, and I am now beginning to be aware that we have more different & incompatible ways of styling in android than atoms in the whole universe. So I've tried to learn from this site: http://jgilfelt.github.io/android-actionbarstylegenerator
However when I try to apply its theme in my project that is using AppCompat I get the
java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity.
error type.
I am extending from ActionBarActivity in my tabbed activity and I don't feel safe going back now (someone suggested extending Activity to solve this issue), since in previous posts I was suggested to use AppCompat, and ActionBarActivity seems somehow to be AppCompat related.
I've spent all my week googling for solutions and I've came across these problems:
The official Android styling documentation is deprecated.
The code generated by Android Studio is also deprecated in method such as this.*
http://jgilfelt.github.io/android-actionbarstylegenerator is deprecated.
BUT, to the point now, this is what I have at the moment:
So, the only thing I am not being able to do is
putting the logo in the top left corner of the screen (in the action bar), in a way that only affects the action bar of this particular activity, (Done)
make the orange bar showing which tab is selected.
How can I achieve this in the most simple way?
This is my values/style.xml file:
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="SmartCampusTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/actionbar_bg_color</item>
</style>
<style name="GenericProgressIndicator" parent="#android:style/Widget.ProgressBar.Small">
<item name="android:layout_width">wrap_content</item>
<item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
<item name="android:indeterminate">true</item>
</style>
</resources>
My AndroidManifest.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="greensmartcampus.eu.smartcampususerfeedbackapp">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:logo="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/SmartCampusTheme">
<!-- Splash screen while connecting to the web-server -->
<activity
android:name=".HomeScreen"
android:label="#string/title_activity_home_screen"
android:parentActivityName=".AbstractPortraitActivity">
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
android:value="greensmartcampus.eu.smartcampususerfeedbackapp.AbstractPortraitActivity" />
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<!-- The activity where all actions take place -->
<activity
android:name=".ControlActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_home_screen"
android:parentActivityName=".AbstractPortraitActivity">
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
android:value="greensmartcampus.eu.smartcampususerfeedbackapp.AbstractPortraitActivity" />
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
*Ps. it's funny how the most up-to-date Android Studio generates deprecated code for tabbed activities and then complains about it being deprecated as if it is your fault...
Important Note: I am a huge fan of MVC and a modularity priest (OSGi practitioner). So I would love if all these styling solutions could be all contained in the style and drawing XML files (as they should be if I correctly recall), the layout information is all contained in my layout files and my java files only contain code about behavior. For example I could just show the action bar icon with java through getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true), but inserting layout related stuff in java disrupts the MVC pattern. Also, the website that I mention above can create the layout with the icon in the actionbar without using a single java line. I just need to know how can that be done with AppCompat, which apparently is what I am using because other solutions are deprecated.

Setting a Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE creates AndroidRuntimeException

I can't seem to get past this error:
android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: You cannot combine custom titles
with other title features
I am running API > 14.
Manifest is as follows:
<activity
android:name=".activity.ActivityWelcome"
android:label="#string/app_label_name"
android:launchMode="singleTask"
android:clearTaskOnLaunch="true"
android:theme="#style/My.Theme">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
My activity is doing the following:
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
setContentView(R.layout.welcome);
getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.window_title_main);
...
Where R.layout.window_title_main is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/layout_title"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:paddingLeft="5dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textview_title"
android:drawableLeft="#null"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ellipsize="marquee"
android:marqueeRepeatLimit="-1"/>
</LinearLayout>
Why is this not working when it seems to work for others?

This is the kind of error that will drive you to insanity and beyond.
So I happen to be using Theme.Holo as my parent theme. (The theme that my own theme extends)
The documentation says:
...the action bar is included in all activities that use the Theme.Holo
theme (or one of its descendants), which is the default theme when
either the targetSdkVersion or minSdkVersion attribute is set to "11"
or greater.
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html#Adding (first paragraph)
Ok, so when I try to go through the process above (my question) I get the error:
You cannot combine custom titles with other title features
Well, that's because, by default action bar is setup already and it won't allow you to use a custom title bar as well.
Documentation reveals that "each activity includes the action bar":
This way, when the application runs on Android 3.0 or greater, the
system applies the holographic theme to each activity, and thus, each
activity includes the action bar.
So, I will now focus my time on altering the action bar and not the title bar!

FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE
and
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
Are mutially exclusive. Remove
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
and it will work again.

As a beginner most of the answers didn't help me for my case. So here is my answer.
Go to res/values folder in your android project and check for strings.xml (this file may vary in your case, something like themes.xml)
Inside the file under resource tag check whether you have style tags. If you don't find it, add the code below as mentioned below as a child to resources tag
something like below
<resources>
<style name="SomeNameHere">
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>
</resources>
if you already have style tag, just add the code below to your style tag
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>

Missing styles. Is the correct theme chosen for this layout?

Missing styles. Is the correct theme chosen for this layout? Use the Theme combo box above the layout to choose a different layout, or fix the theme style references. Failed to find style mapViewStyle in current theme.
I tried every solutions available to solve this problem but nothing seems to work. I have included library in the manifest file. I even created style is styles.xml, I have chosen Google Apis build target as well.
Can somebody please give me a solution?
here is my xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
style="#style/AppTheme"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<com.google.android.maps.MapView
android:id="#+id/themap"
style="#style/mapViewStyle"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:apiKey="here i have my key"
android:clickable="true"
android:enabled="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
Here is my manifest snippet:
<uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" />
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_main" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".Second" />
<activity android:name=".Third" android:theme="#android:style/Theme.Black"/>
</application>
here is my style.xml file
<resources>
<style name="mapViewStyle" parent="#android:style/Theme.Black">
</style>
</resources>

For Android Studio (or IntelliJ IDEA),
If everything looks OK in your project and you're still receiving the error in your layouts, try to 'Invalidate caches & restart'.
Enjoy a coffee while Android Studio is recreating caches & indexes.

I had the same problem and found it was the Theme dropdown at the top of the graphical layout editor. I changed from Holo to Theme and the layout displayed and error disappeared.

What I usually do is the following: a Gradle Clean, Rebuild and Sync all my Gradle files. After that I restart Android Studio, and I go to:
Select Theme -> Project Themes -> AppTheme

This is because you select not a theme of your project. Try to do next:

If we are creating too many projects using Android Studio sometime Rendering issue comes. Even creating a blank activity we receive such rendering error.
Please shut down and restart Android studio. In case the issue persists you can
Hope this helps. It works similar fashion as rule of thumb, in case all looks good and still error persists a restart of application usually resolves the issue.

In my case the problem occurred while the default setting for Android Version in the Designer was set to 'Preview N'. Changed Android Version to '23' and the error notification went away.
Edit And don't forget to uncheck 'Automatically Pick Best'.

I had the same problem using Android Studio 1.5.1.
This was solved by using the Android SDK Manager and updating Android Support Library, as well as Local Maven repository for Support Libraries.
After updating the SDK and restarting Android Studio, the problem was rectified.
Hope this helps anyone who has the same problem after trying other suggestions.

I solved it by changing "classpath" in "dependencies" in build.gradles.
Just change:
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.0-alpha2'
or something like that to:
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'

I got this error after overriding action bar style like this. Also i lost action bar in preview.
<style name="general_app_theme" parent="#style/Theme.AppCompat">
<!-- for API level 11 -->
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/action_bar_style</item>
<!-- Support library compatibility -->
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/action_bar_style</item>
</style>
<style name="action_bar_style" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar">
<!-- for API level 11 -->
<item name="android:height">#dimen/action_bar_height</item>
<item name="android:background">#color/action_bar_color</item>
<item name="android:displayOptions">showTitle</item>
<!-- Support library compatibility -->
<item name="displayOptions">showTitle</item>
</style>
So, problem is overriding theme by my custom. this is the reason, why I've changed AppCompat (from "Project Themes") to general_app_theme (from "Manifest Themes"). Now I have no this error and action bar in preview come back.

Try switching the theme in the design view to one of the options in "Manifest Themes". I'm guessing this is Because you are inheriting the theme from the manifest to support multiple api levels. It worked for me anyway.

With reference to the answer provided by #Benno:
Instead of changing to a specific theme, you can simply choose 'DeviceDefault' from the theme menu. This should choose the theme most compatible with the emulated device.

If you still have the problem after trying all the solutions above， please try modify the API Level as shown below. Incorrect API Level may also cause the problem.

It can be fixed by changing your theme in styles.xml from
Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar to Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
</style>
to
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
</style>
and clean the project. It will surely help.

Most of the errors in XML happen due to the names you have given to the resources.
Images stored in the drawable folder need to be named in a proper manner.
just check these things:
Are there any duplicate files? if so remove the duplicates. (For example "image.jpg" and "image.png" are not allowed in the same time. It will not show any errors but sometimes it will show that R.java cannot be resolved)
Do the filenames contains any uppercase letters? If so right click on that file->refactor->rename
and rename it with all lowercase, no hyphens, and only a-z and 0-9 are allowed.
Just make sure of the above cases.

I got the same problem with my customized theme that used Holo.Light as its parent. In grayed text Android Studio indicated that some attributes were missing. When I added these missing attributes as follows, the rendering problems went away -
<item name="android:textEditSuggestionItemLayout"></item>
<item name="android:textEditSuggestionContainerLayout"></item>
<item name="android:textEditSuggestionHighlightStyle"></item>
Even though they introduced errors in my style's theme, they caused no problems in rendering the activity designs or building my app.

You can simply remove this error through change "App theme" and select any theme such as light. This error will be removed.

I meet the same problem.Select theme to another one in preview can solve problem temporary.Like the image
Finally,I found out that there are AppTheme and AppBaseTheme in my styles.xml.
And AppTheme has parent AppBaseTheme.
The AppBaseTheme has parent of one system style.
And every layout file use the theme AppTheme.
Just change AppTheme's parent to AppBaseTheme's parent.
It solve the problem permanent.

Just need click button 'AppTheme', and choose 'Manifest Themes'. It works in most cases.

For me, it was occurring on menu.xml file as i was using android:Theme.Light as my theme, So what i did was -
Added new Folder in res directory named values-v21.
Added android:Theme.Material.Light as AppTheme in styles.xml.

This is very late but i like to share my experience this same issue.
i face the same issue in Android studio i tried to some other solution that i found in internet but nothing works for me unless i REBUILD THE PROJECT and it solve my issue.
Hope this will works for you too.
Happy coding.

Change your App theme to AppCombat..