Custom Animation while switching Activity, using overridePendingTransition()

Call overridePendingTransition(int enterAnim, int exitAnim) immediately after startActivity(Intent) or finish() to specify an explicit transition animation to perform next.


Create animation XMLs in /res/anim/ folder.

/res/anim/left_out.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     android:interpolator="@android:anim/linear_interpolator">  
  <translate 
      android:fromXDelta="0" 
      android:toXDelta="-100%p" 
      android:duration="500"/>
</set> 

/res/anim/right_in.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     android:interpolator="@android:anim/linear_interpolator">  
  <translate 
      android:fromXDelta="100%p" 
      android:toXDelta="0" 
      android:duration="500"/>
</set>  

/res/anim/top_out.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     android:interpolator="@android:anim/linear_interpolator">  
  <translate 
      android:fromYDelta="0" 
      android:toYDelta="-100%p" 
      android:duration="500"/>
</set> 

/res/anim/bottom_in.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     android:interpolator="@android:anim/linear_interpolator">  
  <translate 
      android:fromYDelta="100%p" 
      android:toYDelta="0" 
      android:duration="500"/>
</set> 

MainActivity.java

package com.example.androidactivityanimation;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
  Button switchButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.switchbutton);
  switchButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    Intent intent = new Intent();
    intent.setClass(MainActivity.this, Activity2.class);
    startActivity(intent);
    overridePendingTransition(R.anim.right_in, R.anim.left_out);
   }});
 }

}

/res/layout/activity_main.xml

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/hello_world" />
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/switchbutton"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Switch Activity2" />
        

</LinearLayout>

Activity2.java

package com.example.androidactivityanimation;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;

public class Activity2 extends Activity {
 
 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.layout2);
  
  Button backButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.backbutton);
  backButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View v) {
    finish();
    overridePendingTransition(R.anim.bottom_in, R.anim.top_out);
   }});
 }

}

/res/layout/layout2.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".Activity2" >

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"/>
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/backbutton"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Back" />
    
</RelativeLayout>

AndroidManifest.xml have to be modified to add <activity> of Activity2.

Download the files.

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