ViewFlipper is used to do animation when switching between views. There
are lot of options for doing animations between views like ViewAnimator,
LayoutAnimationController, applying animation to the view itself. But I
feel ViewFlipper is the better option for doing animation for switching
views.
In this I am controlling the switching between views using user interaction(Button click). We can set duration also for switching between views.
The complete code for showing ViewFlipper is,
You can download the full source code from here
In this I am controlling the switching between views using user interaction(Button click). We can set duration also for switching between views.
The complete code for showing ViewFlipper is,
public class ShowFlipper extends Activity {
ViewFlipper flipper;
Button button1;
Button button2;
LinearLayout l1;
LinearLayout l2;
TextView tv1, tv2, tv3, tv4, tv5, tv6;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
LayoutParams params = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
flipper = new ViewFlipper(this);
l1 = new LinearLayout(this);
l2 = new LinearLayout(this);
button1 = new Button(this);
button2 = new Button(this);
button1.setText("Button 1");
button2.setText("Button 2");
l1.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
l2.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
tv1 = new TextView(this);
tv2 = new TextView(this);
tv3 = new TextView(this);
tv4 = new TextView(this);
tv5 = new TextView(this);
tv6 = new TextView(this);
tv1.setText("text view 1");
tv2.setText("text view 2");
tv3.setText("text view 3");
tv4.setText("text view 4");
tv5.setText("text view 5");
tv6.setText("text view 6");
l1.addView(tv1, params);
l1.addView(tv2, params);
l1.addView(tv3, params);
l1.addView(button1, params);
l2.addView(tv4, params);
l2.addView(tv5, params);
l2.addView(tv6, params);
l2.addView(button2, params);
flipper.addView(l1);
flipper.addView(l2);
button1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View view) {
flipper.setInAnimation(inFromRightAnimation());
flipper.setOutAnimation(outToLeftAnimation());
flipper.showNext();
}
});
button2.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View view) {
flipper.setInAnimation(inFromLeftAnimation());
flipper.setOutAnimation(outToRightAnimation());
flipper.showPrevious();
}
});
setContentView(flipper);
}
private Animation inFromRightAnimation() {
Animation inFromRight = new TranslateAnimation(
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, +1.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f);
inFromRight.setDuration(500);
inFromRight.setInterpolator(new AccelerateInterpolator());
return inFromRight;
}
private Animation outToLeftAnimation() {
Animation outtoLeft = new TranslateAnimation(
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, -1.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f);
outtoLeft.setDuration(500);
outtoLeft.setInterpolator(new AccelerateInterpolator());
return outtoLeft;
}
private Animation inFromLeftAnimation() {
Animation inFromLeft = new TranslateAnimation(
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, -1.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f);
inFromLeft.setDuration(500);
inFromLeft.setInterpolator(new AccelerateInterpolator());
return inFromLeft;
}
private Animation outToRightAnimation() {
Animation outtoRight = new TranslateAnimation(
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, +1.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f,
Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT, 0.0f);
outtoRight.setDuration(500);
outtoRight.setInterpolator(new AccelerateInterpolator());
return outtoRight;
}
}
You can download the full source code from here
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