How Do I Use 'RotateDrawable'?

Question

Could anyone tell me how they have got 'RotateDrawable' to work whether it be from code or XML or both? The documentation on animating Drawables is pretty poor and animation only seems to work for images. I want to be able to animate all drawables. When i tried to get a RotateDrawble from XML is just causes an exception. What is the correct function to find a RotateDrawable from XML?

Many thanks

Kerubu

Answer 1

RotateDrawable does not seem to be animated. Instead, you have to use setLevel to change the rotation of the drawable.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:drawable="@drawable/your_drawable"
    android:fromDegrees="0"
    android:pivotX="50%"
    android:pivotY="50%"
    android:toDegrees="360" />

And set the level will rotate the drawable:

final ImageView image = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
final RotateDrawable drawable = (RotateDrawable)image.getDrawable();
drawable.setLevel(500);