To learn how to build animations with the property animation When you simply change the visibility of a view, an animation applies automatically.įor more information, see Auto Animate Layout Updates. To create these animations with the least amount of effort, you can enable The view moves across the screen, or when you change the alpha For example, when you change the position properties, Objects over a period of time, continuously redrawing the view as the These APIs update the properties of your View Use the property animation system provided by theĪndroid.animation package, available in Android 3.0 (API level 11)Īnd higher. To move, reveal, or hide views within the current layout, you can You should include subtle animations to help the user understand how the UI When you need to change the visibility or position of views in your layout, A subtle animation when a dialog appearsĪnd disappears makes the UI change less jarring