Migrate to the SplashScreen API
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- #3421 by @fesave — closed without merging
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Feature request
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- Kotlin
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Description
With Android 12, a new Splash Screen API was introduced. We should migrate it from the custom to the new API to ensure that it displays correctly starting in Android 12
TASKS
- Research (if needed)
- Create branch feature/migrate_splash_screen
- Development tasks
- Implement new API
- Add compatibility with older Android versions
- Code review and apply changes requested
- Design test plan
- QA
- Merge branch feature/migrate_splash_screen into master
PR
- App: #3421
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the Android 12 Splash Screen API migration guidance linked in the issue, then locate the app's custom splash-screen implementation. Check the proposed changes in PR #3421 and verify the result on Android 12 and older Android versions; done means the new API is used with backward compatibility and the splash screen displays correctly.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100