title: getting blackscreen between activities using a timer
body: <p>i have read multiple links and tried various things yet i can not get the black screen to dissapear any suggestions here is my manifest the activity that is calling the next activity and xmls,code</p>
  
  <p>its basically a splash screen that after 5 seconds it opens another activity it was working two days ago and last night i fixed a logical error then this started tried reverting it to the way it was before i edited it and yet still a black screen after the splash has been displayed.</p>
  
  <p>manifest</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  package="com.example.audiovolumecontrol"
  android:versionCode="1"
  android:versionName="1.0" &gt;
  
  &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" /&gt;
  &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /&gt;
  
  &lt;uses-sdk
      android:minSdkVersion="8"
      android:targetSdkVersion="17" /&gt;
  
  &lt;application
      android:allowBackup="true"
      android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
      android:label="@string/app_name"
      android:theme="@style/AppTheme" &gt;
      &lt;activity
          android:name=".Splash"
          android:label="@string/app_name"
          android:screenOrientation="portrait" &gt;
          &lt;intent-filter&gt;
              &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt;
              &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /&gt;
          &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
      &lt;/activity&gt;
      &lt;activity
          android:name="com.example.audiovolumecontrol.Options"
          android:label="@string/options_name"
          android:screenOrientation="portrait" &gt;
      &lt;/activity&gt;
      &lt;activity
          android:name="VolumeControlMAIN"
          android:label="@string/app_name"
          android:screenOrientation="portrait" &gt;
          &lt;intent-filter&gt;
              &lt;action android:name=".com.example.audiovolumecontrol.VolumeControlMAIN" /&gt;
              &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /&gt;
          &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
      &lt;/activity&gt;
  &lt;/application&gt;
  
  &lt;/manifest&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>splash xml</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:background="@drawable/splash_main2"
  android:orientation="vertical" 
  
  &gt;
  
  &lt;/LinearLayout&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Splash Code</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.example.audiovolumecontrol;
  
  import android.app.Activity;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.os.Handler;
  
  public class Splash extends Activity 
  {
  
  
       private static int LOGO_TIME_OUT = 5000;
  
  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
  {
      // TODO Auto-generated method stub
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.splash);
  
  
  }
  
  @Override
  protected void onStart() 
  {
      // TODO Auto-generated method stub
      super.onStart();
  
  
          new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
  
              @Override
              public void run() {
                  Intent openSTART = new Intent                               
                              (Splash.this,VolumeControlMAIN.class);
                  startActivity(openSTART); 
              }
          }, LOGO_TIME_OUT );
  
  
  
  
  
  
  }
  
  @Override
  protected void onPause() {
      // TODO Auto-generated method stub
      super.onPause();
      finish();
  }
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>help would be appreciated </p>
  
  <p>I have tried multiple suggestions and noneof them worked from changing the theme to the on start methods and changing variables .... this program worked previously and now once my splash has shown and the time is up i just get a black screen</p>