I am codifiying a transition effect between my logo activity and my Main activity, but I have the problem that before vanish the activity move to top:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shareInterpolator="false" >
<alpha
android:duration="2000"
android:fromAlpha="0.0"
android:toAlpha="1.0" >
</alpha>
</set>
How could I improve this code to get only a vanish effect?
You could create your own .xml animation files to fade in a new Activity
and fade out the current Activity
:
fade_in.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<alpha xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:interpolator="@android:anim/accelerate_interpolator"
android:fromAlpha="0.0" android:toAlpha="1.0"
android:duration="500" />
fade_out.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<alpha xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:interpolator="@android:anim/accelerate_interpolator"
android:fromAlpha="1.0" android:toAlpha="0.0"
android:fillAfter="true"
android:duration="500" />
Use it in code like that: (Inside your Activity
)
Intent i = new Intent(this, NewlyStartedActivity.class);
startActivity(i);
overridePendingTransition(R.anim.fade_in, R.anim.fade_out);
The above code will fade out the currently active Activity
and fade in the newly started Activity
resulting in a smooth transition.
UPDATE:
@Dan J pointed out that using the built in Android animations improves performance, which I indeed found to be the case after doing some testing. If you prefer working with the built in animations, use:
overridePendingTransition(android.R.anim.fade_in, android.R.anim.fade_out);
Notice me referencing android.R
instead of R
to access the resource id.
UPDATE: It is now common practice to perform transitions using the Transition class introduced in API level 19.
you can also add animation in your activity, in onCreate method like below becasue overridePendingTransition is not working with some mobile, or it depends on device settings...
View view = findViewById(android.R.id.content);
Animation mLoadAnimation = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getApplicationContext(), android.R.anim.fade_in);
mLoadAnimation.setDuration(2000);
view.startAnimation(mLoadAnimation);
Just re-posting answer by oleynikd because it's simple and neat
Bundle bundle = ActivityOptionsCompat.makeCustomAnimation(getContext(),
android.R.anim.fade_in, android.R.anim.fade_out).toBundle();
startActivity(intent, bundle);
you can also use this code in your style.xml file so you don't need to write anything else in your activity.java
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="android:windowAnimationStyle">@style/AppTheme.WindowTransition</item>
</style>
<!-- Setting window animation -->
<style name="AppTheme.WindowTransition">
<item name="android:windowEnterAnimation">@android:anim/fade_in</item>
<item name="android:windowExitAnimation">@android:anim/fade_out</item>
</style>