how to make a view zigzag up the screen? - android

hi i have 2 views that i want to have zig zag up and off the screen. ive tried using object animators like this
float 1
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:interpolator="#android:anim/decelerate_interpolator"
android:ordering="sequentially" >
<objectAnimator
android:duration="6000"
android:propertyName="y"
android:repeatCount="0"
android:valueFrom="1500"
android:valueTo="-1000"
android:valueType="floatType" />
</set>
and float 2
<objectAnimator
android:duration="3000"
android:propertyName="x"
android:repeatCount="1"
android:repeatMode="reverse"
android:valueFrom="-250"
android:valueType="floatType"
android:valueTo="50" />
<set
android:duration="3000"
android:propertyName="x"
android:repeatCount="1"
android:repeatMode="reverse"
android:valueFrom="-250"
android:valueTo="50"
android:valueType="floatType" />
</set>
but the results are varied, ie works on tablets but not smaller screens,
I've changed the code to do this programmatically and all it does is slightly change the way I goes up the screen all I want is both balloons to go up the screen at the moment it works beautifully on my tablet but on smaller screens it only shows one balloon. Been struggling on this a while now all views are laid out in XML and are hidden until needed I found there was a way of using fractions in my from and to values but apparently its deprecated any suggestions for a total n00b like me?

Have you tried creating your own custom interpolator, it basically defines how your animation is going to behave with respect to time, for example accelerate interpolator when used with lets say translate animation, it will accelerate your view, so you might have to create a custom interpolator, that will define your zig zag path, along with translate animation. you can read from here :
Tutorial on Interpolators

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android:toXDelta="0%"
android:duration="500"
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I've had trouble finding good documentation about animations in Android, but I managed to get my animation working. What I'm concerned about the way I did it is efficiency/performance.
My goal was to have a cloud image move across the screen over and over and repeat forever. To do this I ended up putting 2 identical ImageViews positioned over each other and defining 2 animations:
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cloud_slide_exit.xml:
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android:fromXDelta="100%p"
android:toXDelta="0%p"
android:duration="25000"
android:repeatCount="infinite"
android:repeatMode="restart"
/>
cloud_slide_enter.xml:
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android:fromXDelta="100%p"
android:toXDelta="0%p"
android:duration="25000"
android:repeatCount="infinite"
android:repeatMode="restart"
/>

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I'm very close to getting a "coin flipping" animation to work, but due to the limitations (bugs?) in the current Animation system - I cannot find a way to show BOTH sides of a coin flipping in the air.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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android:interpolator="#android:anim/accelerate_decelerate_interpolator"
android:fromXScale="1.0" android:toXScale="1.0"
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android:fillAfter="true"
android:duration="60"
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android:repeatMode="reverse"
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android:fromYScale="1.0" android:toYScale="2.0"
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android:fillEnabled="true"
android:fillAfter="true"
android:duration="800"
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android:repeatCount="1"
android:repeatMode="reverse"
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android:fillAfter="true"
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I recently wanted to implement something like this for a project. I finally came up with a solution and the result was good enough. Hope it helps someone else who is trying to achieve the same animation.
I uploaded the result as a gist on GitHub.
For a preview of the animation click here.
For the full android studio project visit our CoinToss repository.
I was looking for something like this myself, even with the scaling of the image so it appears the imageview is getting closer to the screen.
I combined your animation with this solution to do exactly what you wanted and its fairly lightweight, missing out the need for multiple views.
https://github.com/Lojko/Booty/blob/master/src/game/booty/BootyGameActivity.java
Changed Location of the Original Link: http://www.jasoncavett.com/2011/05/changing-images-during-an-android-animation/#comments
See the FlipCoin class and how its used, I have an animation already existing (created in the same way as detailed by the link)
This code shows the same procedure
http://www.inter-fuser.com/2009/08/android-animations-3d-flip.html

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android:fromDegrees="0"
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android:pivotY="25%"
android:fromXDelta="0"
android:toXDelta="0"
android:fromYDelta="0"
android:toYDelta="0"
android:duration="400" />
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