I am trying to use your valuable code but it gives me some errors . 03-31 11:57:20.533: W/dalvikvm(2117): threadid=11: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0xa4c35648) 03-31 11:57:20.533: E/AndroidRuntime(2117): FATAL EXCEPTION: Thread-183 03-31 11:57:20.533: E/AndroidRuntime(2117): java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException 03-31 11:57:20.533: E/AndroidRuntime(2117): at java.lang.Thread.stop(Thread.java:1052) 03-31 11:57:20.533: E/AndroidRuntime(2117): at java.lang.Thread.stop(Thread.java:1042) 03-31 11:57:20.533: E/AndroidRuntime(2117): at com.yourname.main.SplashScreen$2.run(SplashScreen.java:59) What is the problem? I download & run your project dmo so there is no chance to mistake myself .