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How to properly implement the following scale / bounce animation?

I have the followin animation that scales an image from "invisible" to 60dp x 60dp adding a bounce effect. When this finishes it disappears with another scale effect
bounce_animation.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shareInterpolator="false">
<set android:interpolator="#android:anim/bounce_interpolator">
<scale
android:fromXScale="0.1"
android:fromYScale="0.1"
android:toXScale="1.0"
android:toYScale="1.0"
android:pivotX="50%"
android:pivotY="50%"
android:duration="1600" />
</set>
<set>
<scale
android:startOffset="1900"
android:duration="200"
android:pivotX="50%"
android:pivotY="50%"
android:fromXScale="1.0"
android:fromYScale="1.0"
android:toXScale="0"
android:toYScale="0" />
</set>
</set>
This is my code to use this
MainActivity.java
final ImageView likeBig = findViewById(R.id.like_big);
final Animation bounceAnimation = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.bounce_animation);
bounceAnimation.setAnimationListener(new Animation.AnimationListener() {
#Override
public void onAnimationStart(Animation animation) {
likeBig.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
#Override
public void onAnimationEnd(Animation animation) {
likeBig.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
#Override
public void onAnimationRepeat(Animation animation) {
}
});
The problem is that when I do likeBig.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE); image becomes visible for a fraction of a second in full size before the scale animation starts. I need the image to be invisible until the animation begins.
What's wrong with my approach?

I con only guess why the View is visible in full size at the beginning of the animation: maybe onAnimationStart() fires when the animation begins calculating the next changes but before the screen is updated for the first time?
That being said, you can use property animations instead of View animations to achieve the desired effect:
First, let your View have a size of just 1dp x 1dp in the beginning. Instead of setting a pivot, embed it at the center of a FrameLayout of size 60dp x 60dp. If required, you can set the visibility of the FrameLayout to GONE after the animation has finished (in this case, you need to register an Animator.AnimatorListener).
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:layout_height="60dp">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/like_big"
android:layout_width="1dp"
android:layout_height="1dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:src="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:background="#0000ff"/>
</FrameLayout>
Next, the animations:
ObjectAnimator growX = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(like_big,"scaleX", 1f, 60.0f);
ObjectAnimator growY = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(like_big,"scaleY", 1f, 60.0f);
AnimatorSet growAnim = new AnimatorSet();
growAnim.playTogether(growX, growY);
growAnim.setDuration(1600);
growAnim.setInterpolator(new BounceInterpolator());
ObjectAnimator shrinkX = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(like_big,"scaleX", 60.0f, 0.0f);
ObjectAnimator shrinkY = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(like_big,"scaleY", 60.0f, 0.0f);
AnimatorSet shrinkAnim = new AnimatorSet();
shrinkAnim.playTogether(shrinkX, shrinkY);
shrinkAnim.setDuration(200);
shrinkAnim.setInterpolator(new LinearInterpolator());
AnimatorSet animatorSet = new AnimatorSet();
animatorSet.playSequentially(growAnim, shrinkAnim);
Start the animation by calling
animatorSet.start();

ImageView to zoom out and scale the image animation in android

I want image to zoom out and scale as Twitter Splash screen animation but I am not able to first zoom out the image and scale. Here's is my code
imageView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
imageView.animate()
.setStartDelay(500)
.setDuration(1000)
.scaleX(20)
.scaleY(20)
.alpha(0);
}
});

You didn't mention scale from variable
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:fillAfter="true" >
<scale
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:duration="1000"
android:fromXScale="1.0"
android:fromYScale="1.0"
android:pivotX="50%"
android:pivotY="50%"
android:toXScale="0.5"
android:toYScale="0.5" >
</scale>
</set>

You can do almost any animations with ObjectAnimator and it's very smooth.
Here is a sample code. In this case image will scale up from 1x to 2x, You can adjust the values as your need.Now if you want to scale down then change 2x to 0.5x which will scale down image to 50% of original image.
ObjectAnimator scaleXAnimation = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(imageView, "scaleX", 1.0f, 2.0f);
scaleXAnimation.setInterpolator(new AccelerateDecelerateInterpolator());
scaleXAnimation.setDuration(1500);
ObjectAnimator scaleYAnimation = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(imageView, "scaleY", 1.0f, 2.0f);
scaleYAnimation.setInterpolator(new AccelerateDecelerateInterpolator());
scaleYAnimation.setDuration(1500);
ObjectAnimator alphaAnimation = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(imageView, "alpha", 1.0F, 0F);
alphaAnimation.setInterpolator(new AccelerateDecelerateInterpolator());
alphaAnimation.setDuration(1500);
AnimatorSet animatorSet = new AnimatorSet();
animatorSet.play(scaleXAnimation).with(scaleYAnimation).with(alphaAnimation);
animatorSet.setStartDelay(500);
animatorSet.start();

Android change background image with fade in/out animation

I wrote code which can change background image random every 5 second.now i want to use fade in/out animation to change background image,but I do not know how I can use this animation.
This is a my source:
void handlechange() {
Handler hand = new Handler();
hand.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
// change image here
change();
}
private void change() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Random rand = new Random();
int index = rand.nextInt(image_rundow.length);
mapimg.setBackgroundResource(image_rundow[index]);
handlechange();
}
}, 4000);
}
At the moment everything is OK. I can change background image random,but I don't know how can I use animation fade in/out.
If anyone knows solution please help me,
thanks.

You need to call these codes.
First, you have to make two xml files for fade in & out animation like this.
fade_in.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<alpha
android:fromAlpha="0.0"
android:toAlpha="1.0"
android:fillAfter="true"
android:duration="2000"
/>
</set>
fade_out.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<alpha
android:fromAlpha="1.0"
android:toAlpha="0.0"
android:fillAfter="true"
android:duration="2000"
/>
</set>
Second, you have to run animation of imageView like below and also you have to set AnimationListener to change fadeout when fadein finish.
Animation fadeOut = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(YourActivity.this, R.anim.fade_out);
imageView.startAnimation(fadeOut);
fadeOut.setAnimationListener(new Animation.AnimationListener() {
#Override
public void onAnimationStart(Animation animation) {
}
#Override
public void onAnimationEnd(Animation animation) {
Animation fadeIn = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(YourActivity.this, R.anim.fade_in);
imageView.startAnimation(fadeIn);
}
#Override
public void onAnimationRepeat(Animation animation) {
}
});

For fade in animation , create new folder named 'anim' in your res folder and inside it, create 'fade_in.xml' with following code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<alpha
android:duration="#android:integer/config_mediumAnimTime"
android:fromAlpha="0.0"
android:interpolator="#android:anim/decelerate_interpolator"
android:toAlpha="1.0" />
</set>
now to run this animation on your imageview, use following code in your activity
Animation anim = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(YourActivity.this, R.anim.fade_in);
imageView.setAnimation(anim);
anim.start();
for fadeout animation, just swap values of android:fromAlpha and android:toAlpha
Hope this helps.

You can use relativeLayout, and add one layer of background view which set both height and width match_parent. All other UI element should put on top of this view. In your code. Define fadeOut and fadeIn animation. Find that background view by id, then do this:
xxxBackground.startAnimation(fadeOut);
xxxBackground.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.your_random_pic);
xxxBackground.startAnimation(fadeIn);
You can use some interpolator to tune the performance.

You need AnimationDrawable with animation.
First step AnimationDrawable
-Create a file /res/anim/anim_android.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<animation-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"android:oneshot="false">
<item android:drawable="#drawable/android_1"
android:duration="100"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/android_2"
android:duration="100"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/android_3"
android:duration="100"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/android_4"
android:duration="100"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/android_5"
android:duration="100"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/android_6"
android:duration="100"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/android_7"
android:duration="100"/>
</animation-list>
-Add a ImageView with android:src="#anim/anim_android".
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/myanimation"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#anim/anim_android" />
Second step
-In your activity create AnimationDrawable and Animation
AnimationDrawable animationDrawable = (AnimationDrawable) imageView.getDrawable();
animationDrawable.setOneShot(true);
animationDrawable.start();
Animation animation = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(YourActivity.this, android.R.anim.fade_in);
imageView.setAnimation(animation);
animation.start();
animation.setAnimationListener(new Animation.AnimationListener() {
#Override
public void onAnimationStart(Animation animation) {
}
#Override
public void onAnimationEnd(Animation animation) {
Animation fadeOut = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(YourActivity.this, android.R.anim.fade_out);
imageView.startAnimation(fadeOut);
}
#Override
public void onAnimationRepeat(Animation animation) {
}
});
you don't need Handler.

Answer by kimkevin animates a View (be it an ImageView, TextView etc.) and not a background of a View. Which means if you want to just highlight any View, you'll have to add another View behind it (lets call it backgroundView) and animate that backgroundView.
Use the following code for animating background of a view
val startColor = view.solidColor
val endColor = ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.your_color)
val colorAnim = ObjectAnimator.ofInt(view, "backgroundColor", startColor, endColor, startColor)
colorAnim.duration = 2000
colorAnim.setEvaluator(ArgbEvaluator())
colorAnim.start()

Making textView loop a growing and shrinking animation

I am trying to make a TextView grow and then shrink. This process should be repeated infinitely. How do I achieve that? My scale.xml looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<scale
android:fromXScale="1.0"
android:fromYScale="1.0"
android:toXScale="2.0"
android:toYScale="2.0"
android:duration="1400" />
</set>
Here's my animation method:
public void runAnimation() {
Animation a = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.scale);
a.setRepeatMode(Animation.REVERSE);
a.setRepeatCount(Animation.INFINITE);
a.reset();
textView.clearAnimation();
textView.startAnimation(a);
}
Now my problem is that the TextView grows, but then immediately reverses to the starting appereance. Why won't it go reverse, shrink and repeat the process?

Try this :
public void runAnimation() {
Animation a = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.scale);
a.setRepeatMode(Animation.REVERSE);
a.setRepeatCount(-1);
textView.clearAnimation();
textView.startAnimation(a);
}
EDIT
Here is my own code that is working right now :
Call animate like animate(textView)
public void animate (View view) {
mAnimation = new ScaleAnimation(0.3f,0.5f,0.3f,0.5f,Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.45f);
mAnimation.setDuration(300);
mAnimation.setRepeatCount(-1);
mAnimation.setRepeatMode(Animation.REVERSE);
mAnimation.setInterpolator(new AccelerateInterpolator());
mAnimation.setAnimationListener(new Animation.AnimationListener(){
#Override
public void onAnimationStart(Animation animation) {
}
#Override
public void onAnimationEnd(Animation animation) {
}
#Override
public void onAnimationRepeat(Animation animation) {
}
});
view.setAnimation(mAnimation);
}

Try this found on some blog. Works perfect for me.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:interpolator="#android:anim/linear_interpolator">
<scale
android:fromXScale="0.0"
android:toXScale="1.0"
android:fromYScale="0.0"
android:toYScale="1.0"
android:pivotX="50%"
android:pivotY="50%"
android:duration="2000" />
</set>

Here is a simple way to do so
ObjectAnimator scaleDown = ObjectAnimator.ofPropertyValuesHolder(textView,
PropertyValuesHolder.ofFloat("scaleX", 2.0f),
PropertyValuesHolder.ofFloat("scaleY", 2.0f));
scaleDown.setDuration(410);
scaleDown.setRepeatCount(ObjectAnimator.INFINITE);
scaleDown.setRepeatMode(ObjectAnimator.REVERSE);
scaleDown.start();
Hope it helps.

In your animation XML file add:
android:repeatCount="infinite"
And on your animation activity:
textmain.startAnimation(animationMainText);
animationMainText.setRepeatMode(Animation.REVERSE);

How to start two animations at same time in android?

I have two linear layouts which I want to perform two different animation on both of these layouts and at the same time.
Now its working in sequential manner. i.e, after completing one its starting another.
here is my code.
Animation inFromRight = new TranslateAnimation(
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, +0.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f);
inFromRight.setDuration(500);
inFromRight.setInterpolator(new AccelerateInterpolator());
Animation outtoLeft = new TranslateAnimation(
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, -1.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f);
outtoLeft.setDuration(500);
outtoLeft.setInterpolator(new AccelerateInterpolator());
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
switch (v.getId()) {
case R.id.menu:
mainLayout.startAnimation(outtoLeft);
sideBar.startAnimation(inFromRight);
break;
}
}
outtoLeft.setAnimationListener(new AnimationListener() {
#Override
public void onAnimationStart(Animation animation) {
}
#Override
public void onAnimationRepeat(Animation animation) {
}
#Override
public void onAnimationEnd(Animation animation) {
mainLayout
.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(
LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, 40));
}
});

I think you need to use an AnimationSet.
From the doc:
Represents a group of Animations that should be played together. The
transformation of each individual animation are composed together into
a single transform.
Here you can see how an AnimationSet is supposed to be.

In your Activity
ImageView reusableImageView = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
reusableImageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.flag);
reusableImageView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
Animation an = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.yourAnimation);
reusableImageView.startAnimation(an);
Then, in yourAnimation.xml define all the animations you want
<set
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shareInterpolator="false">
<scale
android:pivotX="50%"
android:pivotY="50%"
android:fromXScale="1.0"
android:fromYScale="1.0"
android:toXScale="2.0"
android:toYScale="2.0"
android:duration="2500" />
<scale
android:startOffset="2500"
android:duration="2500"
android:pivotX="50%"
android:pivotY="50%"
android:fromXScale="1.0"
android:fromYScale="1.0"
android:toXScale="0.5"
android:toYScale="0.5" />
<rotate
android:fromDegrees="0"
android:toDegrees="360"
android:pivotX="50%"
android:pivotY="50%"
android:duration="5000" />
</set>

The way to solve this problem is to use an AnimatorSet with Animator objects. If you are worried about backwards compatibility, you can use the NineOldAndroids library to bring the API back all the way to Android 1.0

I solved it starting second animation in onAnimationStart event of the first animation. In my example right layout replacing left one, both of them are moving left at the same time. I use animate property of a View class http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#animate() which is available starting API v.12
leftLayout.animate()
.translationX(-leftLayout.getWidth()) // minus width
.setDuration(300)
.setListener(new AnimatorListenerAdapter() {
#Override
public void onAnimationStart(Animator animation) {
rightLayout.animate()
.translationX(-leftLayout.getWidth()) // minus width
.setDuration(300)
.setListener(new AnimatorListenerAdapter() {
#Override
public void onAnimationEnd(Animator animation) {
leftLayout.setVisibility(View.GONE);
leftLayout.setTranslationX(0f); // discarding changes
rightLayout.setTranslationX(0f);
}
});
}
});