diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 367cbfa..02471ba 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
         <activity android:name=".activities.MainActivity" />
+        <activity android:name=".activities.SplashActivity"/>
         <activity android:name=".activities.BaseActivity" />
 
         <service
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ardovic/weatherappprototype/activities/SplashActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/ardovic/weatherappprototype/activities/SplashActivity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2facb37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ardovic/weatherappprototype/activities/SplashActivity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package com.ardovic.weatherappprototype.activities;
+
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.content.SharedPreferences;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.os.Handler;
+
+import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
+
+import com.ardovic.weatherappprototype.R;
+
+public class SplashActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+        setContentView(R.layout.activity_splash);
+
+        SharedPreferences pref = getSharedPreferences("first_launch", MODE_PRIVATE);
+
+        boolean first = pref.getBoolean("first", true);
+
+        if (first) {
+
+            new Handler().postDelayed(() -> {
+
+                pref.edit().putBoolean("first", false).apply();
+
+                startActivity(new Intent(SplashActivity.this, MainActivity.class));
+                finish();
+
+            }, 3000);
+
+        } else {
+            startActivity(new Intent(SplashActivity.this, MainActivity.class));
+            finish();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_splash.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_splash.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b397c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_splash.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?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"
+    android:background="#2196F3">
+
+    <ImageView
+        android:id="@+id/logo"
+        android:layout_width="120dp"
+        android:layout_height="120dp"
+        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
+        android:layout_marginTop="120dp"
+        android:src="@mipmap/ic_launcher"/>
+
+    <TextView
+        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:text="Open Weather Android"
+        android:textStyle="bold"
+        android:textSize="28sp"
+        android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
+        android:layout_below="@id/logo"
+        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
+        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"/>
+
+    <ProgressBar
+        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
+        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
+        android:layout_marginBottom="120dp"/>
+
+    <TextView
+        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:text="Loading city database...\nThis happens only on first launch."
+        android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
+        android:textSize="16sp"
+        android:gravity="center"
+        android:layout_above="@id/progress"
+        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"/>
+
+    <ProgressBar
+        android:id="@+id/progress"
+        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
+        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
+        android:layout_marginBottom="120dp"/>
+
+</RelativeLayout>
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diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 093b09c..89ffa8d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 buildscript {
-
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.2'
         classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.8'
     }
 }
@@ -13,10 +12,10 @@ buildscript {
 allprojects {
     repositories {
         google()
-        mavencentral()
+        mavenCentral()
     }
 }
 
 task clean(type: Delete) {
     delete rootProject.buildDir
-}
+}
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diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 8b23137..7ef998b 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Sun Oct 18 16:25:36 IST 2020
+#Sun Jun 14 23:14:45 IST 2026
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.5-bin.zip
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index e7b4def..9d495b3 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include ':app'
+include ':app'
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