ObjectAnimator

Creates a new ObjectAnimator object. This default constructor is primarily for use internally; the other constructors which take parameters are more generally useful.

Creates and returns a copy of this Object. The default implementation returns a so-called "shallow" copy: It creates a new instance of the same class and then copies the field values (including object references) from this instance to the new instance. A "deep" copy, in contrast, would also recursively clone nested objects. A subclass that needs to implement this kind of cloning should call super.clone() to create the new instance and then create deep copies of the nested, mutable objects.

Gets the name of the property that will be animated. This name will be used to derive a setter function that will be called to set animated values. For example, a property name of foo will result in a call to the function setFoo() on the target object. If either valueFrom or valueTo is null, then a getter function will also be derived and called.

If this animator was created with a Property object instead of the string name of a property, then this method will return the name of that Property object instead. If this animator was created with one or more PropertyValuesHolder objects, then this method will return the name of that object (if there was just one) or a comma-separated list of all of the names (if there are more than one).

The target object whose property will be animated by this animation

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates between float values. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to. Two values imply a starting and ending values. More than two values imply a starting value, values to animate through along the way, and an ending value (these values will be distributed evenly across the duration of the animation).

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates between float values. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to. Two values imply a starting and ending values. More than two values imply a starting value, values to animate through along the way, and an ending value (these values will be distributed evenly across the duration of the animation).

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates between int values. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to. Two values imply a starting and ending values. More than two values imply a starting value, values to animate through along the way, and an ending value (these values will be distributed evenly across the duration of the animation).

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates between int values. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to. Two values imply a starting and ending values. More than two values imply a starting value, values to animate through along the way, and an ending value (these values will be distributed evenly across the duration of the animation).

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates between Object values. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to. Two values imply a starting and ending values. More than two values imply a starting value, values to animate through along the way, and an ending value (these values will be distributed evenly across the duration of the animation).

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates between Object values. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to. Two values imply a starting and ending values. More than two values imply a starting value, values to animate through along the way, and an ending value (these values will be distributed evenly across the duration of the animation).

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates between the sets of values specified in PropertyValueHolder objects. This variant should be used when animating several properties at once with the same ObjectAnimator, since PropertyValuesHolder allows you to associate a set of animation values with a property name.

autoCancel controls whether an ObjectAnimator will be canceled automatically when any other ObjectAnimator with the same target and properties is started. Setting this flag may make it easier to run different animators on the same target object without having to keep track of whether there are conflicting animators that need to be manually canceled. Canceling animators must have the same exact set of target properties, in the same order.

Sets the length of the animation. The default duration is 300 milliseconds.

Sets float values that will be animated between. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to. However, this is not typically useful in a ValueAnimator object because there is no way for the object to determine the starting value for the animation (unlike ObjectAnimator, which can derive that value from the target object and property being animated). Therefore, there should typically be two or more values.

If there are already multiple sets of values defined for this ValueAnimator via more than one PropertyValuesHolder object, this method will set the values for the first of those objects.

Sets int values that will be animated between. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to. However, this is not typically useful in a ValueAnimator object because there is no way for the object to determine the starting value for the animation (unlike ObjectAnimator, which can derive that value from the target object and property being animated). Therefore, there should typically be two or more values.

If there are already multiple sets of values defined for this ValueAnimator via more than one PropertyValuesHolder object, this method will set the values for the first of those objects.

Sets the values to animate between for this animation. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to. However, this is not typically useful in a ValueAnimator object because there is no way for the object to determine the starting value for the animation (unlike ObjectAnimator, which can derive that value from the target object and property being animated). Therefore, there should typically be two or more values.

If there are already multiple sets of values defined for this ValueAnimator via more than one PropertyValuesHolder object, this method will set the values for the first of those objects.

There should be a TypeEvaluator set on the ValueAnimator that knows how to interpolate between these value objects. ValueAnimator only knows how to interpolate between the primitive types specified in the other setValues() methods.

Sets the property that will be animated. Property objects will take precedence over properties specified by the setPropertyName(String) method. Animations should be set up to use one or the other, not both.

Sets the name of the property that will be animated. This name is used to derive a setter function that will be called to set animated values. For example, a property name of foo will result in a call to the function setFoo() on the target object. If either valueFrom or valueTo is null, then a getter function will also be derived and called.

For best performance of the mechanism that calls the setter function determined by the name of the property being animated, use float or int typed values, and make the setter function for those properties have a void return value. This will cause the code to take an optimized path for these constrained circumstances. Other property types and return types will work, but will have more overhead in processing the requests due to normal reflection mechanisms.

Note that the setter function derived from this property name must take the same parameter type as the valueFrom and valueTo properties, otherwise the call to the setter function will fail.

If this ObjectAnimator has been set up to animate several properties together, using more than one PropertyValuesHolder objects, then setting the propertyName simply sets the propertyName in the first of those PropertyValuesHolder objects.

Sets the target object whose property will be animated by this animation

This method tells the object to use appropriate information to extract ending values for the animation. For example, a AnimatorSet object will pass this call to its child objects to tell them to set up the values. A ObjectAnimator object will use the information it has about its target object and PropertyValuesHolder objects to get the start values for its properties. A ValueAnimator object will ignore the request since it does not have enough information (such as a target object) to gather these values.

This method tells the object to use appropriate information to extract starting values for the animation. For example, a AnimatorSet object will pass this call to its child objects to tell them to set up the values. A ObjectAnimator object will use the information it has about its target object and PropertyValuesHolder objects to get the start values for its properties. A ValueAnimator object will ignore the request since it does not have enough information (such as a target object) to gather these values.

Starts this animation. If the animation has a nonzero startDelay, the animation will start running after that delay elapses. A non-delayed animation will have its initial value(s) set immediately, followed by calls to onAnimationStart(Animator) for any listeners of this animator.

The animation started by calling this method will be run on the thread that called this method. This thread should have a Looper on it (a runtime exception will be thrown if this is not the case). Also, if the animation will animate properties of objects in the view hierarchy, then the calling thread should be the UI thread for that view hierarchy.

Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object. Subclasses are encouraged to override this method and provide an implementation that takes into account the object's type and data. The default implementation is equivalent to the following expression:

   getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())

See Writing a useful toString method if you intend implementing your own toString method.