Is there a way to disable ActionBar's show/hide animation?

Question

I've seen this question:

But it doesn't say whether it's possible to disable animation altogether.

I don't think it's possible to disable or skip the animations since they are hardcoded. You could try changing your activity theme to a `NoActionBar` variant if you won't need the action bar at all. — ebarrenechea, Feb 27 '13 at 15:12
@ebarrenchea: No, I really need to hide and show the action bar, and animation looks awkward. — Violet Giraffe, Feb 27 '13 at 15:15
Unfortunately, your only option would be to create your own custom action bar implementation or a look-a-like view for this fragment/activity. — ebarrenechea, Feb 27 '13 at 15:25

Tyler Pfaff · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-22T01:56:09.283

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You can now do this,

getSupportActionBar().setShowHideAnimationEnabled(false);

edited Oct 22 '19 at 01:56

answered Jul 07 '16 at 22:10

Tyler Pfaff

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It wasn't working for me until I placed it right before showing and hiding... Thanks – Mohsin Falak Dec 10 '19 at 00:04

score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 14 '14 at 15:12

I fixed using the below method:

public static void disableShowHideAnimation(ActionBar actionBar) {
    try
    {
        actionBar.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("setShowHideAnimationEnabled", boolean.class).invoke(actionBar, false);
    }
    catch (Exception exception)
    {
        try {
            Field mActionBarField = actionBar.getClass().getSuperclass().getDeclaredField("mActionBar");
            mActionBarField.setAccessible(true);
            Object icsActionBar = mActionBarField.get(actionBar);
            Field mShowHideAnimationEnabledField = icsActionBar.getClass().getDeclaredField("mShowHideAnimationEnabled");
            mShowHideAnimationEnabledField.setAccessible(true);
            mShowHideAnimationEnabledField.set(icsActionBar,false);
            Field mCurrentShowAnimField = icsActionBar.getClass().getDeclaredField("mCurrentShowAnim");
            mCurrentShowAnimField.setAccessible(true);
            mCurrentShowAnimField.set(icsActionBar,null);
        }catch (Exception e){
            //....
        }
    }
}

Using private methods is not a very good idea, it will probably get broken in the future. Apple doesn't even allow apps using private methods in the app store. — Miloš Černilovský, Feb 04 '15 at 12:54
@MilošČernilovský Using Android is a bad idea. It's full of bugs and limitations. But I still prefer to hack this hack of an operating system rather than implement things from scratch — Alexandre G, May 12 '16 at 06:06

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 25 '13 at 18:26

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If you use ActionBarSherlock then you can do it. See ActionBarImpl class, it has setShowHideAnimationEnabled(boolean enabled) method.

answered Aug 25 '13 at 18:26

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how to do it in sherlockbar activty ? – SHASHIDHAR MANCHUKONDA Aug 29 '13 at 05:41
`com.actionbarsherlock.internal.app.ActionBarImpl` is a child of `com.actionbarsherlock.app.ActionBar` Could you give us yourexample of `setShowHideAnimationEnabled(boolean)`, please? – Maksim Dmitriev Nov 21 '14 at 14:34

Is there a way to disable ActionBar's show/hide animation?

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