public class

LayoutAnimationController

extends Object
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.view.animation.LayoutAnimationController
Known Direct Subclasses

Class Overview

A layout animation controller is used to animated a layout's, or a view group's, children. Each child uses the same animation but for every one of them, the animation starts at a different time. A layout animation controller is used by ViewGroup to compute the delay by which each child's animation start must be offset. The delay is computed by using characteristics of each child, like its index in the view group. This standard implementation computes the delay by multiplying a fixed amount of miliseconds by the index of the child in its parent view group. Subclasses are supposed to override getDelayForView(android.view.View) to implement a different way of computing the delay. For instance, a GridLayoutAnimationController will compute the delay based on the column and row indices of the child in its parent view group. Information used to compute the animation delay of each child are stored in an instance of LayoutAnimationController.AnimationParameters, itself stored in the ViewGroup.LayoutParams of the view.

Summary

Nested Classes
class LayoutAnimationController.AnimationParameters The set of parameters that has to be attached to each view contained in the view group animated by the layout animation controller. 
XML Attributes
Attribute Name Related Method Description
android:animation setAnimation(Animation) Animation to use on each child. 
android:animationOrder setOrder(int) The order in which the animations will be started. 
android:delay Fraction of the animation duration used to delay the beginning of the animation of each child. 
android:interpolator setInterpolator(Context,int) Interpolator used to interpolate the delay between the start of each animation. 
Constants
int ORDER_NORMAL Distributes the animation delays in the order in which view were added to their view group.
int ORDER_RANDOM Randomly distributes the animation delays.
int ORDER_REVERSE Distributes the animation delays in the reverse order in which view were added to their view group.
Fields
protected Animation mAnimation The animation applied on each child of the view group on which this layout animation controller is set.
protected Interpolator mInterpolator The interpolator used to interpolate the delays.
protected Random mRandomizer The randomizer used when the order is set to random.
Public Constructors
LayoutAnimationController(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
Creates a new layout animation controller from external resources.
LayoutAnimationController(Animation animation)
Creates a new layout animation controller with a delay of 50% and the specified animation.
LayoutAnimationController(Animation animation, float delay)
Creates a new layout animation controller with the specified delay and the specified animation.
Public Methods
Animation getAnimation()
Returns the animation applied to each child of the view group on which this controller is set.
final Animation getAnimationForView(View view)
Returns the animation to be applied to the specified view.
float getDelay()
Returns the delay by which the children's animation are offset.
Interpolator getInterpolator()
Returns the interpolator used to interpolate the delays between the children.
int getOrder()
Returns the order used to compute the delay of each child's animation.
boolean isDone()
Indicates whether the layout animation is over or not.
void setAnimation(Context context, int resourceID)
Sets the animation to be run on each child of the view group on which this layout animation controller is .
void setAnimation(Animation animation)
Sets the animation to be run on each child of the view group on which this layout animation controller is .
void setDelay(float delay)
Sets the delay, as a fraction of the animation duration, by which the children's animations are offset.
void setInterpolator(Interpolator interpolator)
Sets the interpolator used to interpolate the delays between the children.
void setInterpolator(Context context, int resourceID)
Sets the interpolator used to interpolate the delays between the children.
void setOrder(int order)
Sets the order used to compute the delay of each child's animation.
void start()
Starts the animation.
boolean willOverlap()
Indicates whether two children's animations will overlap.
Protected Methods
long getDelayForView(View view)
Returns the amount of milliseconds by which the specified view's animation must be delayed or offset.
int getTransformedIndex(LayoutAnimationController.AnimationParameters params)
Transforms the index stored in LayoutAnimationController.AnimationParameters by the order returned by getOrder().
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

XML Attributes

android:animation

Since: API Level

Animation to use on each child.

Must be a reference to another resource, in the form "@[+][package:]type:name" or to a theme attribute in the form "?[package:][type:]name".

This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol animation.

Related Methods

android:animationOrder

Since: API Level

The order in which the animations will be started.

Must be one of the following constant values.

ConstantValueDescription
normal0 Animations are started in the natural order.
reverse1 Animations are started in the reverse order.
random2 Animations are started randomly.

This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol animationOrder.

Related Methods

android:delay

Since: API Level

Fraction of the animation duration used to delay the beginning of the animation of each child.

May be a floating point value, such as "1.2".

May be a fractional value, which is a floating point number appended with either % or %p, such as "14.5%". The % suffix always means a percentage of the base size; the optional %p suffix provides a size relative to some parent container.

This may also be a reference to a resource (in the form "@[package:]type:name") or theme attribute (in the form "?[package:][type:]name") containing a value of this type.

This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol delay.

Related Methods

android:interpolator

Since: API Level

Interpolator used to interpolate the delay between the start of each animation.

Must be a reference to another resource, in the form "@[+][package:]type:name" or to a theme attribute in the form "?[package:][type:]name".

This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol interpolator.

Related Methods

Constants

public static final int ORDER_NORMAL

Since: API Level 1

Distributes the animation delays in the order in which view were added to their view group.

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

public static final int ORDER_RANDOM

Since: API Level 1

Randomly distributes the animation delays.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

public static final int ORDER_REVERSE

Since: API Level 1

Distributes the animation delays in the reverse order in which view were added to their view group.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

Fields

protected Animation mAnimation

Since: API Level 1

The animation applied on each child of the view group on which this layout animation controller is set.

protected Interpolator mInterpolator

Since: API Level 1

The interpolator used to interpolate the delays.

protected Random mRandomizer

Since: API Level 1

The randomizer used when the order is set to random. Subclasses should use this object to avoid creating their own.

Public Constructors

public LayoutAnimationController (Context context, AttributeSet attrs)

Since: API Level 1

Creates a new layout animation controller from external resources.

Parameters
context the Context the view group is running in, through which it can access the resources
attrs the attributes of the XML tag that is inflating the layout animation controller

public LayoutAnimationController (Animation animation)

Since: API Level 1

Creates a new layout animation controller with a delay of 50% and the specified animation.

Parameters
animation the animation to use on each child of the view group

public LayoutAnimationController (Animation animation, float delay)

Since: API Level 1

Creates a new layout animation controller with the specified delay and the specified animation.

Parameters
animation the animation to use on each child of the view group
delay the delay by which each child's animation must be offset

Public Methods

public Animation getAnimation ()

Since: API Level 1

Returns the animation applied to each child of the view group on which this controller is set.

Returns
See Also

public final Animation getAnimationForView (View view)

Since: API Level 1

Returns the animation to be applied to the specified view. The returned animation is delayed by an offset computed according to the information provided by LayoutAnimationController.AnimationParameters. This method is called by view groups to obtain the animation to set on a specific child.

Parameters
view the view to animate
Returns
See Also

public float getDelay ()

Since: API Level 1

Returns the delay by which the children's animation are offset. The delay is expressed as a fraction of the animation duration.

Returns
  • a fraction of the animation duration
See Also

public Interpolator getInterpolator ()

Since: API Level 1

Returns the interpolator used to interpolate the delays between the children.

Returns

public int getOrder ()

Since: API Level 1

Returns the order used to compute the delay of each child's animation.

Related XML Attributes
Returns

public boolean isDone ()

Since: API Level 1

Indicates whether the layout animation is over or not. A layout animation is considered done when the animation with the longest delay is done.

Returns
  • true if all of the children's animations are over, false otherwise

public void setAnimation (Context context, int resourceID)

Since: API Level 1

Sets the animation to be run on each child of the view group on which this layout animation controller is .

Related XML Attributes
Parameters
context the context from which the animation must be inflated
resourceID the resource identifier of the animation
See Also

public void setAnimation (Animation animation)

Since: API Level 1

Sets the animation to be run on each child of the view group on which this layout animation controller is .

Related XML Attributes
Parameters
animation the animation to run on each child of the view group
See Also

public void setDelay (float delay)

Since: API Level 1

Sets the delay, as a fraction of the animation duration, by which the children's animations are offset. The general formula is: 

 child animation delay = child index * delay * animation duration

Parameters
delay a fraction of the animation duration
See Also

public void setInterpolator (Interpolator interpolator)

Since: API Level 1

Sets the interpolator used to interpolate the delays between the children.

Related XML Attributes
Parameters
interpolator the interpolator
See Also

public void setInterpolator (Context context, int resourceID)

Since: API Level 1

Sets the interpolator used to interpolate the delays between the children.

Related XML Attributes
Parameters
context the context from which the interpolator must be inflated
resourceID the resource identifier of the interpolator
See Also

public void setOrder (int order)

Since: API Level 1

Sets the order used to compute the delay of each child's animation.

Related XML Attributes
Parameters
order one of ORDER_NORMAL, ORDER_REVERSE or ORDER_RANDOM

public void start ()

Since: API Level 1

Starts the animation.

public boolean willOverlap ()

Since: API Level 1

Indicates whether two children's animations will overlap. Animations overlap when the delay is lower than 100% (or 1.0).

Returns
  • true if animations will overlap, false otherwise

Protected Methods

protected long getDelayForView (View view)

Since: API Level 1

Returns the amount of milliseconds by which the specified view's animation must be delayed or offset. Subclasses should override this method to return a suitable value. This implementation returns child animation delay milliseconds where: 

 child animation delay = child index * delay
The index is retrieved from the LayoutAnimationController.AnimationParameters found in the view's ViewGroup.LayoutParams.

Parameters
view the view for which to obtain the animation's delay
Returns
  • a delay in milliseconds
See Also

protected int getTransformedIndex (LayoutAnimationController.AnimationParameters params)

Since: API Level 1

Transforms the index stored in LayoutAnimationController.AnimationParameters by the order returned by getOrder(). Subclasses should override this method to provide additional support for other types of ordering. This method should be invoked by getDelayForView(android.view.View) prior to any computation.

Parameters
params the animation parameters containing the index
Returns
  • a transformed index