Custom progressbar not fitting properly on screens with different resolution and density - android

Hi I am stuck with an issue and need some expert suggestions. I have a custom circular progress par whose boundary rotates as an animating light in my splash screen
It looks like this:
The boundary light continuously rotates till splash screen is there.
Now my splash screen has a background image which has a circle drawing at upper half of image:
It looks like this:
Now my circular progress bar should fit on that background circle boundary. What ever i do, it fails for some phone screens (circle is misplaced).
How can i fit into background circle and it can work on all phones and tablets.
Please let me know if further clarification is needed.
This is how I have defined circular progressbar:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/my_splash_screen"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:src="#drawable/splashscreen" />
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/progress"
style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
android:layout_width="170dp"
android:layout_height="170dp"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:indeterminateDrawable="#drawable/my_progress_indeterminate"
android:visibility="visible"/>
</RelativeLayout>

I think you need to change the style attribute and set your android:layout_width="match_parent". The problem is you are setting the style to large which by default has its size pre-defined. Further in your width and height attribute you are trying to resize it. So this might be the problem.

Try out with the HoloCircular ProgressBar is a Custom View implementation for Android.
Checkout the HoloCircular ProgressBar which might help you.
Other Library that you can use are as below:
1) Progress Wheel
2) ProgressBar
3) Customize the Spinner
Thanks.

This link helped me resolve the issue to some extent as it now suppots majority of devices. Still I could get a general solution to the problem. But I can consider this as answer:
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