// thread for displaying the SplashScreen
 Thread splashTread = new Thread() {
     @Override
     public void run() {
  try {
      int waited = 0;
      while (_active && (waited < _splashTime)) {
   sleep(100);
   if (_active) {
       waited += 100;
   }
      }
  } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      // do nothing
  } finally {

      ActivityActionsUtils.startMenuActivity(SplashActivity.this);
 }

      finish();
  }
     }
 };