I have a kinda complex vector drawable that I want to animate. I used @RomanNurik's web tool to create the animation from a svg
That gives me a valid <animated-vector>
according to the documentatios. It's an "all in one" XML file.
The xml has the drawable divided in 2 groups, each group containing 2 paths and has also added 4 animations, just as follows:
<animated-vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:aapt="http://schemas.android.com/aapt">
<aapt:attr name="android:drawable">
<vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:width="56dp"
android:height="56dp"
android:viewportHeight="56.0"
android:viewportWidth="56.0">
<group
android:name="group_1"
android:pivotX="25"
android:pivotY="25">
<path
android:name="path_3_1"
... />
<path
android:name="path"
... />
</group>
<group
android:name="group"
android:pivotX="25"
android:pivotY="25">
<path
android:name="path_1"
... />
<path
android:name="path_2"
... />
</group>
</vector>
</aapt:attr>
<target android:name="path">
<aapt:attr name="android:animation">
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<objectAnimator
android:name="path"
... />
<objectAnimator
android:name="path"
.../>
</set>
</aapt:attr>
</target>
<target android:name="group_1">
<aapt:attr name="android:animation">
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<objectAnimator
android:name="group_1"
... />
<objectAnimator
android:name="group_1"
... />
<objectAnimator
android:name="group_1"
... />
<objectAnimator
android:name="group_1"
... />
</set>
</aapt:attr>
</target>
<target android:name="group">
<aapt:attr name="android:animation">
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<objectAnimator
android:name="group"
... />
<objectAnimator
android:name="group"
... />
<objectAnimator
android:name="group"
... />
<objectAnimator
android:name="group"
... />
</set>
</aapt:attr>
</target>
<target android:name="path_3_1">
<aapt:attr name="android:animation">
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<objectAnimator
android:name="path_3_1"
... />
<objectAnimator
android:name="path_3_1"
... />
</set>
</aapt:attr>
</target>
</animated-vector>
Issue number 1:
I cannot use android:repeatCount="infinite"
since the ObjectAnimators
have different android:duration
and android:startOffset
values, that would mess up the animation after some runs. So the way to go is repeat it programmatically. Fair enough.
Issue number 2:
Neither AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat or AnimatedVectorDrawable have a method that says animation should loop.
Issue number 3:
AnimatedVectorDrawableCompat does not have a registerAnimationCallback()
so I can listen to onAnimationEnd
and restart the animation myself. At this point, I gave up on retrocompatibility.
Issue number 4:
The current implementation I have that uses registerAnimationCallback()
from AnimatedVectorDrawable
only works at android API 25, even though the methods were added in API 23
AnimatedVectorDrawable drawable = (AnimatedVectorDrawable) context().getDrawable(R.drawable.long_press_anim);
imageView.setImageDrawable(drawable);
drawable.registerAnimationCallback(new Animatable2.AnimationCallback() {
@Override
public void onAnimationEnd(Drawable drawable) {
super.onAnimationEnd(drawable);
((AnimatedVectorDrawable) drawable).start();
}
});
drawable.start();
In API 23 and 24 the animation runs as a one-shot, it does not repeat.
Any ideas how to solve this? I;m about to give up and use a shit png sequence instead.