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Exclude certain elements from being animated in android layout transitions

I have a question regarding the android layout transition framework. In particular i want to achieve an effect that a certain part of an layout slides down or up depending on the visibility of another view(s).
Imagine the following layout. (And please overlook the nested LinearLayouts here ;) )
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:animateLayoutChanges="true">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<View
android:id="#+id/changingView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:visibility="gone"/>
<View
android:id="#+id/changingView2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:visibility="gone"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/movingView"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:animateLayoutChanges="false"/>
</LinearLayout>
Now what i want to achieve is that when changingView1 and changingView2 change their visibility that movingView slides up or down.
By enabling the LayoutTransition.CHANGING for the parent layout the sliding part works fine so. But this has the side effect that the movingView will also be animated when there are being items added or removed because this layout changes its bounds. And here lies my problem because this results in a very strange looking animation.
So back to my question. Is there a way to keep the sliding animation without animating layout bound changes on the movingView?
Disabling layoutTransitions on the movingView obviously does not help because this only effects the animations of the child views. I also tried playing around with enabling and disabling different LayoutTransitions on the parent layout but so far without the desired effect.
If i can add more details please let me know otherwise i hope someone can help me out.
Thanks in advance!

I know it's late but hope it can help someone. Since android:animateLayoutChanges is the property of the direct parent, you can wrap your View/Layout in a FrameLayout (or some other ViewGroup) and set android:animateLayoutChanges="false" on the new parent.

To avoid unwanted animations you can remove the animate layout changes by code when needed, something like this:
//removing the animate layout changes to prevent the default animation for the newly added items
parentLayout.setLayoutTransition(null);
/* do some logic to add the new views */
//add the animate layout changes back so the over changes will be still animated
new Handler().post(() -> {parentLayout.setLayoutTransition(new LayoutTransition());});

Material ripple effect hidden by other view in layout

I added a ripple effect on a ImageButton, however it is hidden by an ImageView used as a background for the parent view RelativeLayout.
Here's the layout file:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="172dp"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/drawerBackgroundImageView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/drawer_background"/>
[...]
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/drawerLogoutButton"
android:layout_width="32dp"
android:layout_height="32dp"
android:layout_alignBottom="#id/drawerEmailTextView"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginEnd="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:layout_marginRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
style="#style/FlatButtonStyle"
android:scaleType="centerInside"
android:src="#drawable/ic_logout_white_24dp"/>
</RelativeLayout>
(there's a bunch of other views but they're irrelevant here)
I'm using an ImageView as the background for the RelativeLayout as I need to set a specific scaleType for the image, so I can't use the basic android:background property.
The ripple effect is hidden as it doesn't have a mask layer (I want it to extend out of the button's bounds) and thus uses the ImageButton's parent view to be displayed. The effect is perfectly visible if I remove the ImageView.
Is there a way to get the ripple effect to be shown above the problematic ImageView?

I had exactly the same issue and solved it using this thread: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=155880
Issue preview:
Before solved:
After solved:
Explanation:
"Borderless buttons draw their content on the closest background. Your button might not be having background between itself and the ImageView, so it draws underneath the ImageView."
Solution:
"Use a transparent background (android:background="#android:color/transparent") on some layout containing the button (beneath the ImageView). This will dictate what the maximum bounds of the ripple effect is."
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
...>
<!-- Your background ImageView -->
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/drawerBackgroundImageView"
android:src="#drawable/drawer_background"
... />
<!-- ... -->
<!-- HERE, you need a container for the button with the transparent
background. Let's say you'll use a FrameLayout -->
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#android:color/transparent">
<!-- Maybe more items -->
<!-- Button with borderless ripple effect -->
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/drawerLogoutButton"
android:background="?selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
... />
</FrameLayout>
</FrameLayout>
Hope it helps.

I am experiencing same issue. Only solution I have found so far is not 100% okay since ripple is masked by view (its not borderless).
The solution (workaround):
surround your ImageButton with other view and set ripple to the foreground instead of the background in your layout like this:
<ImageView ... />
<FrameLayout
...
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="true"
android:foreground="?attr/selectableItemBackgroundBorderless" >
<ImageButton />
</FrameLayout>
I would be really glad if someone explain why the ripple is drawn behind the image. Also if you look at Google Photos app, in image detail they have transparent icons over image view with ripple. I would like to replicate this, but I am not able to make the ripple to be in foreground. Does anybody know how to put transparent imagebuttons over everything but still have the ripple?
EDIT final solution
here you can find exactly same question link
with great explanation what is happening. the solution is the same but on top of that it solves rectangular mask by adding
android:clipChildren="false"
android:clipToPadding="false"
to your layout. now your ripple should be borderless (it worked for me).
The layout xml could be something like this:
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
...
android:clipChildren="false"
android:clipToPadding="false">
<ImageView ... />
<FrameLayout
...
android:clickable="true"
android:foreground="?attr/selectableItemBackgroundBorderless">
<ImageView ... />
</FrameLayout>
</FrameLayout>

I'm aware this is an old post but I did struggle with this quite a bit today hence I'm posting what I was finally able to figure out and maybe someone else might benefit from it. One key emphasis beforehand, please do always RTFM!
1) The story
I aimed to use the unbounded ripple effect on Tab Items and consequently have it spread all over the AppBarLayout area. I had applied #android:color/transparent to TabLayout as the first wrapping parent and gave AppBarLayout a background color, nevertheless the ripple was still being cut off right at the borders of TabLayout's height.
2) The moral of the story (RTFM)
So I run to the nest of Android knowledge: The Documentation, and spotted this:
?android:attr/selectableItemBackgroundBorderless for a ripple that extends beyond the view. It will be drawn upon, and bounded by, the nearest parent of the view with a non-null background.
3) The course of action
Using Layout Inspector, I realized that #android:color/transparent although transparent (duh!) it actually assigns 0 as the value of the bg attribute of a View, but zero is not null hence the ripple gets bounded at the nearest parent.
4) The conclusion
With that in hand, I went and set the android:background property of my TabLayout to #null rather than transparent, and now I have a fancy little ripple spread onto the area of the AppBarLayout.
5) Outro: **ANDROID & SO FTW!
Props to everyone in this post who shed light on the matter in word. Cheers!

After wrapping ImageButton inside FrameLayout, I was getting rectangular shape on touch. Applied background with oval shape on FrameLayout and got the circular shape on touch.

Had the same issue. Used the solutions described above and worked. Managed to avoid the wrapping FrameLayout by setting foreground as ?attr/actionBarItemBackground and background as #null.
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center|end"
android:background="#null"
android:contentDescription="#string/app_name"
android:foreground="?attr/actionBarItemBackground"
android:padding="#dimen/small_margin"
android:src="#drawable/ic_clear_text_icon" />

Popup/Overlay screen in android honeycomb

I would like to achieve a popup/overlay screen like Places (i`m more interested how can i place that screen for example in the right/left side of the screen ) in the android maps application (image below). I can create an activity and use the Dialog theme, this mostly resolve my problem, but it placed center in the screen. Somebody have any better idea how i can create a popup/overlay screen like the places in a non-map application and place to top/right of the screen ?. My guess they did it with map overlays.

well, here's what I did... I used a FrameLayout to overlay a LinearLayout where I can fill it with a View. Here's an excerpt of my code:
XML:
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1">
<fragment class="com.some.location.to.fragment"
android:id="#+id/fragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/overlay_pane"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:visibility="gone"
android:background="#color/transparent">
</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
Then in my code on some button, I would just add a View (in your case it can just be the dialog's contents) to the overlay_pane LinearLayout.
Java example:
ViewGroup container = findViewById(R.id.overlay_pane);
container.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
container.addView(some_view_you_inflated);
But this inflated view would have the following background: #drawable/dialog_full_holo_light for a nice border effect like the Honeycomb style.
You can find the background drawable in your SDK in the following folder
your_SDK_dir/platforms/android-12/data/res/drawable-hdpi/dialog_full_holo_light.9.png
So just copy that into your drawables.
Note: that you can also use the dialog_full_holo_dark or any custom background for the same effect.
I hope that helps :) Let me know if I was unclear at any point
Note: Instead of using a fragment, you could merely use a LinearLayout with match_parent for both layout_width and layout_height. And then you would fill that LinearLayout with the "background" UI (in the question's example.. that would be the map)

How can I to make surfaceview invisible in Android?

in my app i am using a media player with a seek bar. The seek bar of works along with a surface view. Now my problem is the surface view appears at a corner of my layout which appears to be a black screen. How can i make the surface view to be an invisible. Following is the image of my layout,

You can do that by setting the visibility in the code:
surfaceView.setVisibility(View.GONE) or surfaceView.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE).
And you can do the same by setting it in the XML:
<SurfaceView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:visibility="gone"/>
GONE is used if you want it to be completely gone and ignored by the rest of the layout. INVISIBLE is used if you only want to change the visibility.

you can use surfaceView.setVisibility*(View.INVISIBLE);

Overlapping Views in Android

Is it possible to have overlapping views in Android? I would like to have an ImageView with a transparent png in the front and another view in the background.
edit:
This is what I have at the moment, the problem is that the image in the imageView is not transparent, the parts that should be transparent are just black.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/gallerylayout"
>
<Gallery android:id="#+id/overview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
<ImageView android:id="#+id/navigmaske"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/navigmask"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
edit:
I got it to work, it was a theme file from another programmer on the team.
Just changed this
<item name="android:background">#FF000000</item>
to this
<item name="android:background">#00000000</item>

Android handles transparency across views and drawables (including PNG images) natively, so the scenario you describe (a partially transparent ImageView in front of a Gallery) is certainly possible.
If you're having problems it may be related to either the layout or your image. I've replicated the layout you describe and successfully achieved the effect you're after. Here's the exact layout I used.
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/gallerylayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<Gallery
android:id="#+id/overview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/navigmaske"
android:background="#0000"
android:src="#drawable/navigmask"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:layout_alignTop="#id/overview"
android:layout_alignBottom="#id/overview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
Note that I've changed the parent RelativeLayout to a height and width of fill_parent as is generally what you want for a main Activity. Then I've aligned the top and bottom of the ImageView to the top and bottom of the Gallery to ensure it's centered in front of it.
I've also explicitly set the background of the ImageView to be transparent.
As for the image drawable itself, if you put the PNG file somewhere for me to look at I can use it in my project and see if it's responsible.

Also, take a look at FrameLayout, that's how the Camera's Gallery application implements the Zoom buttons overlay.

If you want to add your custom Overlay screen on Layout, you can create a Custom Linear Layout and get control of drawing and key events. You can my tutorial- Overlay on Android Layout-
http://prasanta-paul.blogspot.com/2010/08/overlay-on-android-layout.html

The simples way arround is to put -40dp margin at the buttom of the top imageview

A visible gallery changes visibility which is how you get the gallery over other view overlaps. the Home sample app has some good examples of this technique.

Now with Jetpack Compose in android, you should use Box for overlapping views.
Example.
Box(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().fillMaxHeight()){
RecipesList(viewModel.recipes.value)
Snackbar()
}
Here RecipesList and Snackbar are composabes positioned one on top of the other in the composition order
Check out this for Jetpack Compose samples - https://androidlearnersite.wordpress.com/2021/08/03/jetpack-compose-1-0-0-sample-codes/

Yes, that is possible. The challenge, however, is to do their layout properly. The easiest way to do it would be to have an AbsoluteLayout and then put the two images where you want them to be. You don't need to do anything special for the transparent png except having it added later to the layout.