How to provide animation when calling another activity in Android?

Question

I have two Activities A and B. I want to have the shrink Animation when Activity A calls B and maximize animation when Activity B calls A. I don't need the animation xml files for this.

When we call another Activity in Android it gives its default animation and then it calls shrink animation.

What I want is that the default animation should not occur and the animation that I want should occur.

Can we actually give the animation when calling another Activity?

whlk · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-06T13:40:39.077

Since API 16 you can supply an activity options bundle when calling Context.startActivity(Intent, Bundle) or related methods. It is created via the ActivityOptions builder:

Intent myIntent = new Intent(context, MyActivity.class);
ActivityOptions options = 
   ActivityOptions.makeCustomAnimation(context, R.anim.fade_in, R.anim.fade_out);
context.startActivity(myIntent, options.toBundle());

Don't forget to check out the other methods of the ActivityOptions builder and the ActivityOptionsCompat if you are using the Support Library.

API 5+:

For apps targeting API level 5+ there is the Activities overridePendingTransition method. It takes two resource IDs for the incoming and outgoing animations. An id of 0 will disable the animations. Call this immediately after the startActivity call.

i.e.:

startActivity(new Intent(this, MyActivity.class));
overridePendingTransition(R.anim.fade_in, R.anim.fade_out);

API 3+:

You can prevent the default animation (Slide in from the right) with the Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION flag in your intent.

i.e.:

Intent myIntent = new Intent(context, MyActivity.class);
myIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
context.startActivity(myIntent);

then in your Activity you simply have to specify your own animation.

This also works for the 1.5 API (Level 3).

What do you mean when you say "specify your own animation"? How do you do this? Thanks! — pqn, Aug 18 '11 at 21:48
I have the same question. Probably in start animation in onResume and onPause. — Tima, Aug 22 '11 at 07:40
Isn't `R.anim.fade_in` still an xml file animation we suppose to have in `res\anim` ? — Ghasem, Sep 19 '15 at 15:37

score 78 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 19 '14 at 17:10

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You must use OverridePendingTransition method to achieve it, which is in the Activity class. Sample Animations in the apidemos example's res/anim folder. Check it. More than check the demo in ApiDemos/App/Activity/animation.

Example:

@Override
public void onResume(){
    // TODO LC: preliminary support for views transitions
    this.overridePendingTransition(R.anim.in_from_right, R.anim.out_to_left);
}

edited Aug 19 '14 at 17:10

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Thanks for the reply. The method overridePendingTransition is supported from API level 5 and I want the application to be supported from Android 1.5. Is there any other way of providing Animation from one Activity to other. – sunil Apr 17 '10 at 06:21
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awesome! this is a lot of fun to play with – Someone Somewhere May 25 '11 at 21:47
@sunil i have same quetion like yours.could you solve the problem?animation with api level 3 or 4 ( not 5 ) – Dr.jacky Oct 23 '12 at 07:19
keeping animation code in onResume() will cause the animation to play when the user goes outside the app and comes back. Not ideal in many apps. – Vihaan Verma Jul 15 '15 at 11:27
I needed to add `super.onResume();`, was getting: *"android.util.SuperNotCalledException: Activity {com.abc.MyActivity} did not call through to super.onResume()"* – Gene Bo Nov 09 '16 at 19:45

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 30 '13 at 23:14

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Jelly Bean adds support for this with the ActivityOptions.makeCustomAnimation() method. Of course, since it's only on Jelly Bean, it's pretty much worthless for practical purposes.

answered Jul 30 '13 at 23:14

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It's not worthless anymore :) – Greg Ennis Feb 09 '14 at 20:09
Use `ActivityOptionsCompat` if you target pre-JellyBean. – Thuy Trinh Jan 10 '16 at 06:05

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