The overridePendingTransition(int, int) method provides a way to animate between activities using the animation XML resources.
But what if We need to assign an AnimationSet (a bunch of animations that might even include a java animation too) as its arguments?
In other word how can we apply AnimationSets for transitions between activities?
I have managed to achieve that by using themes in my app.
Specifically by changing this style in a theme:
<item name="android:windowAnimationStyle">@android:style/Animation.Activity</item>
and overriding style Animation.Activity:
<style name="Animation.Activity">
<item name="activityOpenEnterAnimation">@anim/activity_open_enter</item>
<item name="activityOpenExitAnimation">@anim/activity_open_exit</item>
<item name="activityCloseEnterAnimation">@anim/activity_close_enter</item>
<item name="activityCloseExitAnimation">@anim/activity_close_exit</item>
<item name="taskOpenEnterAnimation">@anim/task_open_enter</item>
<item name="taskOpenExitAnimation">@anim/task_open_exit</item>
<item name="taskCloseEnterAnimation">@anim/task_close_enter</item>
<item name="taskCloseExitAnimation">@anim/task_close_exit</item>
<item name="taskToFrontEnterAnimation">@anim/task_open_enter</item>
<item name="taskToFrontExitAnimation">@anim/task_open_exit</item>
<item name="taskToBackEnterAnimation">@anim/task_close_enter</item>
<item name="taskToBackExitAnimation">@anim/task_close_exit</item>
<item name="wallpaperOpenEnterAnimation">@anim/wallpaper_open_enter</item>
<item name="wallpaperOpenExitAnimation">@anim/wallpaper_open_exit</item>
<item name="wallpaperCloseEnterAnimation">@anim/wallpaper_close_enter</item>
<item name="wallpaperCloseExitAnimation">@anim/wallpaper_close_exit</item>
<item name="wallpaperIntraOpenEnterAnimation">@anim/wallpaper_intra_open_enter</item>
<item name="wallpaperIntraOpenExitAnimation">@anim/wallpaper_intra_open_exit</item>
<item name="wallpaperIntraCloseEnterAnimation">@anim/wallpaper_intra_close_enter</item>
<item name="wallpaperIntraCloseExitAnimation">@anim/wallpaper_intra_close_exit</item>
</style>
You can define your animation sets in XML and reference them in this style.