Hi,

I have two activities (SplashActivity, MainActivity) that i am trying to transition between but i get a black screen, and what seems like a complete restart, between them.

The reason i'm using a second activity for the splash screen is for an animation.

Is there a way to start loading the MainActivity while the SplashActivity displays its animation? As it currently stands, MainActivity only begins after the SplashActivity, defeating the whole purpose.

Code snippets of the 2 activities below:

SplashActivity

[Activity(Label = "IFS.Mobile", Icon = "@mipmap/icon", Theme = "@style/SplashTheme",
    NoHistory = true,
    MainLauncher = true,
    ConfigurationChanges = ConfigChanges.ScreenSize | ConfigChanges.Orientation)]
  public class OnboardingWithCenterAnimationActivity : global::Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android.FormsAppCompatActivity
  {
    public static int STARTUP_DELAY = 300;
    public static int ANIM_ITEM_DURATION = 1000;
    public static int ITEM_DELAY = 300;
    static readonly string TAG = "X:" + typeof(OnboardingWithCenterAnimationActivity).Name;

    private bool animationStarted = false;
    protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
      base.OnCreate(savedInstanceState);
      Log.Debug(TAG, "SplashActivity.OnCreate");
      SetContentView(Resource.Layout.activity_onboarding_center);

      Task.Run(() =>
      {
        Log.Debug(TAG, "Pausing Thread");
        Thread.Sleep(2000);

        RunOnUiThread(() => {

          Log.Debug(TAG, "Starting MainActivity");
          StartActivity(typeof(MainActivity));

        });
      });
    }

    // Prevent the back button from canceling the startup process
    public override void OnBackPressed() { }

    public override void OnWindowFocusChanged(bool hasFocus)
    {

      if (!hasFocus || animationStarted)
      {
        return;
      }

      animate();

      base.OnWindowFocusChanged(hasFocus);
    }

MainActivity

       [Activity(Label = "IFS.Mobile", Icon = "@mipmap/icon", Theme = "@style/MainTheme",
         ConfigurationChanges = ConfigChanges.ScreenSize | ConfigChanges.Orientation)]
        public class MainActivity : global::Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android.FormsAppCompatActivity
          {
            protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle)
            {    
              base.OnCreate(bundle);

              // Initialize Xamarin Forms engines.
              Xamarin.Forms.Forms.Init(this, bundle);
              CrossCurrentActivity.Current.Init(this, bundle);

              TabLayoutResource = Resource.Layout.Tabbar;
              ToolbarResource = Resource.Layout.Toolbar;

              LoadApplication(new App(new AndroidPlatformInitializer()));
            }
         }