diff --git a/contrib/mobile/Android/AndroidManifest.xml b/contrib/mobile/Android/AndroidManifest.xml
index 022614d098d2dc75fdc019b849750a5c26556608..6c010fac3c5d91c16cb1d238388bb2e4e9bf1ce3 100644
--- a/contrib/mobile/Android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/contrib/mobile/Android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 
     <uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00010000" android:required="true"></uses-feature>
     <uses-sdk
-        android:minSdkVersion="14"
-        android:targetSdkVersion="15" />
+        android:minSdkVersion="14" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
 
     <application
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@
         android:allowBackup="true"
         >
         <activity
-            android:name=".MainActivity"
+            android:name=".SplashScreen"
             android:label="@string/title_activity_main" >
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
@@ -33,6 +32,9 @@
 				<data android:scheme="file"  android:host="*" android:pathPattern=".*\\.pro" android:mimeType="*/*"  />
 			</intent-filter>
         </activity>
+        <activity
+            android:name=".MainActivity"
+            android:label="@string/title_activity_main" />
     </application>
 
 </manifest>
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diff --git a/contrib/mobile/Android/res/layout/splash.xml b/contrib/mobile/Android/res/layout/splash.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..44c7278d0a4e4ebf71956ab92ce4f4220ed04d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/mobile/Android/res/layout/splash.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?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/splashImage"
+	    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
+		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+		android:contentDescription="@string/app_name"
+		android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher" />
+	<TextView android:id="@+id/splashTitle"
+	    android:layout_below="@id/splashImage"
+	    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
+	    android:gravity="center"
+		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+	    android:text="ONELAB for Android"
+	    android:textSize="24dp"
+		android:textStyle="bold"/>
+
+    
+
+</RelativeLayout>
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diff --git a/contrib/mobile/Android/src/org/geuz/onelab/MainActivity.java b/contrib/mobile/Android/src/org/geuz/onelab/MainActivity.java
index 06ecba2e502a2e55b20c156cabfe136791c76eb0..9b819c69f39691a6823bc9aeb09c018300d5379f 100644
--- a/contrib/mobile/Android/src/org/geuz/onelab/MainActivity.java
+++ b/contrib/mobile/Android/src/org/geuz/onelab/MainActivity.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity {
     	modelList = new Models();
     	getModels();
     	loadNative();
-    	if(intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_VIEW)) {
+    	if(intent != null && intent.getAction() != null && intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_VIEW)) {
     		String tmp = intent.getData().getPath();
     		gmsh.load(tmp);
     	}
diff --git a/contrib/mobile/Android/src/org/geuz/onelab/SplashScreen.java b/contrib/mobile/Android/src/org/geuz/onelab/SplashScreen.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e45ccf3d849b60bfce46801a3cb2df3dba53de56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/mobile/Android/src/org/geuz/onelab/SplashScreen.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package org.geuz.onelab;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.os.Handler;
+import android.os.Message;
+
+public class SplashScreen extends Activity{
+	private static final int SPLASHTIME = 1000; // duration for the splash screen in milliseconds
+	
+	private static final int STOPSPLASH = 0;
+	private static final int EXITAPP = 1;
+	
+	private final Handler handler = new Handler()
+	{
+		public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
+			switch (msg.what) {
+			case STOPSPLASH:
+				final Intent intent = new Intent(SplashScreen.this, MainActivity.class);
+				startActivity(intent);
+				finish();
+				break;
+			case EXITAPP:
+				finish();
+				break;
+			default:
+				break;
+			}
+		};
+	};
+	
+	protected void onCreate(android.os.Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+		setContentView(R.layout.splash);
+		final Message msg = new Message();
+        msg.what = STOPSPLASH;
+        handler.sendMessageDelayed(msg, SPLASHTIME);
+	};
+}