Android Example: Creating 4 different Tween Animation effects

Android platform facilitates three different types of animation you can define in your application resources: property, tween and frame. In this example, we show you how to do 4 different tween animation effect.

(1) create activity

package com.easyinfogeek;  
import android.app.Activity;  
import android.os.Bundle;  
import android.util.Log;  
import android.view.View;  
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;  
import android.view.animation.AlphaAnimation;  
import android.view.animation.Animation;  
import android.view.animation.AnimationSet;  
import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils;  
import android.view.animation.ScaleAnimation;  
import android.view.animation.TranslateAnimation;  
import android.view.animation.Animation.AnimationListener;  
import android.view.animation.RotateAnimation;  
import android.widget.Button;  
import android.widget.ImageView;  
public class AnimationDemoActivity extends Activity {  
    private ImageView imageView;  

    // define animationType enum
    enum AnimationType{  
        Alpha,  
        Rotate,  
        Scale,  
        Translate,  
        Complex  
    } 

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */  
    @Override  
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {  
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);  
        setContentView(R.layout.main);  

        //define 4 button for each tween animation 
        imageView = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageView);  
        Button alpha = (Button)findViewById(R.id.Alpha);  
        alpha.setOnClickListener(new AnimationClickListener(AnimationType.Alpha));  
        Button rotate = (Button)findViewById(R.id.Rotate);  
        rotate.setOnClickListener(new AnimationClickListener(AnimationType.Rotate));  
        Button scale = (Button)findViewById(R.id.Scale);  
        scale.setOnClickListener(new AnimationClickListener(AnimationType.Scale));  
        Button translate = (Button)findViewById(R.id.Translate);  
        translate.setOnClickListener(new AnimationClickListener(AnimationType.Translate));  
        Button complex = (Button)findViewById(R.id.Complex);  
        complex.setOnClickListener(new AnimationClickListener(AnimationType.Complex));  
    }  
  
     

    // create a listener inner class
    class AnimationClickListener implements OnClickListener{  
        private AnimationType animationType;  
        public AnimationClickListener(AnimationType animType){  
            animationType = animType;  
        }  
        public void onClick(View v) {  
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub  
            switch (animationType) {  
            case Alpha:  

                //Alpha animation. repeat 5 times, last for 1 mins                 
                AlphaAnimation alphaAnimation = (AlphaAnimation)AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(AnimationDemoActivity.this, R.anim.alpha);  
                imageView.startAnimation(alphaAnimation);  
                break;  
            case Rotate:  
                //rotate animation
                RotateAnimation rotateAnimation = new RotateAnimation(0, 360, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f);  
                rotateAnimation.setDuration(3000);  
                rotateAnimation.setRepeatCount(3);  
                //start animation 
                imageView.startAnimation(rotateAnimation);  
                break;  
            case Scale:  
                //scale animation
                ScaleAnimation scaleAnimation = new ScaleAnimation(1, 1.5f, 1, 1.5f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f);  
                scaleAnimation.setDuration(3000);  
                scaleAnimation.setRepeatCount(3);  
                //start animation 
                imageView.startAnimation(scaleAnimation);  
                break;  
            case Translate:  
                //translate animation
                TranslateAnimation translateAnimation = new TranslateAnimation(Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 2, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 2);  
                translateAnimation.setDuration(3000);  
                translateAnimation.setRepeatCount(3);  
                //start animation 
                imageView.startAnimation(translateAnimation);  
                break;  
  
            case Complex:  
                //four animation overlap
                AnimationSet sets = new AnimationSet(false);  
                
                AlphaAnimation _animation1 = new AlphaAnimation(1f, 0.1f);  
                _animation1.setDuration(3000);  
                
                RotateAnimation rotateAnimation1 = new RotateAnimation(0, 360, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f);  
                rotateAnimation1.setDuration(3000);  
                
                ScaleAnimation scaleAnimation1 = new ScaleAnimation(1, 1.5f, 1, 1.5f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f);  
                scaleAnimation1.setDuration(3000);  
                
                TranslateAnimation translateAnimation1 = new TranslateAnimation(Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 2, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 2);  
                translateAnimation1.setDuration(3000);  
                
                sets.addAnimation(_animation1);  
                sets.addAnimation(rotateAnimation1);  
                sets.addAnimation(scaleAnimation1);  
                sets.addAnimation(translateAnimation1);  
                imageView.startAnimation(sets);  
                break;  
            default:  
                break;  
            }  
        }  
    }  
}  

(2) create layout.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"  
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"  
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"  
    android:orientation="vertical" >  
    <TextView  
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"  
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
        android:text="@string/hello" />  
    <ImageView  
        android:id="@+id/imageView"  
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"  
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
        android:src="@drawable/qa" />  
    <Button  
        android:id="@+id/Alpha"  
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"  
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
        android:text="Alpha" />  
    <Button  
        android:id="@+id/Rotate"  
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"  
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
        android:text="Rotate" />  
    <Button  
        android:id="@+id/Scale"  
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"  
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
        android:text="Scale" />  
    <Button  
        android:id="@+id/Translate"  
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"  
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
        android:text="Translate" />  
    <Button  
        android:id="@+id/Complex"  
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"  
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
        android:text="Complex" />  
</LinearLayout>  

(3) create alpha.xml resource file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
<alpha   
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"  
    android:fromAlpha="1" android:toAlpha="0.3" android:duration="2000" android:repeatCount="3">  
</alpha>