ObjectAnimator

ObjectAnimator

ObjectAnimator ()

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

clone

ObjectAnimator clone ()

Creates and returns a copy of this object. The precise meaning of "copy" may depend on the class of the object. The general intent is that, for any object x, the expression:

 x.clone() != x

 x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()

 x.clone().equals(x)

By convention, the returned object should be obtained by calling super.clone. If a class and all of its superclasses (except Object) obey this convention, it will be the case that x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass().

By convention, the object returned by this method should be independent of this object (which is being cloned). To achieve this independence, it may be necessary to modify one or more fields of the object returned by super.clone before returning it. Typically, this means copying any mutable objects that comprise the internal "deep structure" of the object being cloned and replacing the references to these objects with references to the copies. If a class contains only primitive fields or references to immutable objects, then it is usually the case that no fields in the object returned by super.clone need to be modified.

The method clone for class Object performs a specific cloning operation. First, if the class of this object does not implement the interface Cloneable, then a CloneNotSupportedException is thrown. Note that all arrays are considered to implement the interface Cloneable and that the return type of the clone method of an array type T[] is T[] where T is any reference or primitive type. Otherwise, this method creates a new instance of the class of this object and initializes all its fields with exactly the contents of the corresponding fields of this object, as if by assignment; the contents of the fields are not themselves cloned. Thus, this method performs a "shallow copy" of this object, not a "deep copy" operation.

The class Object does not itself implement the interface Cloneable, so calling the clone method on an object whose class is Object will result in throwing an exception at run time.

getPropertyName

String getPropertyName ()

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).

getTarget

Object getTarget ()

The target object whose property will be animated by this animation

ofArgb

ObjectAnimator ofArgb (Object target, 
                String propertyName, 
                int... values)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates between color values. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to, in which case the start value will be derived from the property being animated and the target object when start() is called for the first time. Two values imply 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).

ofArgb

ObjectAnimator ofArgb (T target, 
                Property<T, Integer> property, 
                int... values)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates between color values. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to, in which case the start value will be derived from the property being animated and the target object when start() is called for the first time. Two values imply 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).

ofFloat

ObjectAnimator ofFloat (Object target, 
                String xPropertyName, 
                String yPropertyName, 
                Path path)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates coordinates along a Path using two properties. A Path animation moves in two dimensions, animating coordinates (x, y) together to follow the line. In this variation, the coordinates are floats that are set to separate properties designated by xPropertyName and yPropertyName.

ofFloat

ObjectAnimator ofFloat (T target, 
                Property<T, Float> property, 
                float... values)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates between float values. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to, in which case the start value will be derived from the property being animated and the target object when start() is called for the first time. Two values imply 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).

ofFloat

ObjectAnimator ofFloat (T target, 
                Property<T, Float> xProperty, 
                Property<T, Float> yProperty, 
                Path path)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates coordinates along a Path using two properties. A Path animation moves in two dimensions, animating coordinates (x, y) together to follow the line. In this variation, the coordinates are floats that are set to separate properties, xProperty and yProperty.

ofFloat

ObjectAnimator ofFloat (Object target, 
                String propertyName, 
                float... values)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates between float values. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to, in which case the start value will be derived from the property being animated and the target object when start() is called for the first time. Two values imply 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).

ofInt

ObjectAnimator ofInt (T target, 
                Property<T, Integer> xProperty, 
                Property<T, Integer> yProperty, 
                Path path)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates coordinates along a Path using two properties. A Path animation moves in two dimensions, animating coordinates (x, y) together to follow the line. In this variation, the coordinates are integers that are set to separate properties, xProperty and yProperty.

ofInt

ObjectAnimator ofInt (T target, 
                Property<T, Integer> property, 
                int... values)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates between int values. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to, in which case the start value will be derived from the property being animated and the target object when start() is called for the first time. Two values imply 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).

ofInt

ObjectAnimator ofInt (Object target, 
                String propertyName, 
                int... values)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates between int values. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to, in which case the start value will be derived from the property being animated and the target object when start() is called for the first time. Two values imply 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).

ofInt

ObjectAnimator ofInt (Object target, 
                String xPropertyName, 
                String yPropertyName, 
                Path path)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates coordinates along a Path using two properties. A Path animation moves in two dimensions, animating coordinates (x, y) together to follow the line. In this variation, the coordinates are integers that are set to separate properties designated by xPropertyName and yPropertyName.

ofMultiFloat

ObjectAnimator ofMultiFloat (Object target, 
                String propertyName, 
                float[][] values)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates over float values for a multiple parameters setter. Only public methods that take only float parameters are supported. Each float[] contains a complete set of parameters to the setter method. At least two float[] values must be provided, a start and end. 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).

ofMultiFloat

ObjectAnimator ofMultiFloat (Object target, 
                String propertyName, 
                Path path)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates the target using a multi-float setter along the given Path. A Path animation moves in two dimensions, animating coordinates (x, y) together to follow the line. In this variation, the coordinates are float x and y coordinates used in the first and second parameter of the setter, respectively.

ofMultiFloat

ObjectAnimator ofMultiFloat (Object target, 
                String propertyName, 
                TypeConverter<T, float[]> converter, 
                TypeEvaluator<T> evaluator, 
                T... values)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates over values for a multiple float parameters setter. Only public methods that take only float parameters are supported.

At least two values must be provided, a start and end. 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).

ofMultiInt

ObjectAnimator ofMultiInt (Object target, 
                String propertyName, 
                int[][] values)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates over int values for a multiple parameters setter. Only public methods that take only int parameters are supported. Each int[] contains a complete set of parameters to the setter method. At least two int[] values must be provided, a start and end. 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).

ofMultiInt

ObjectAnimator ofMultiInt (Object target, 
                String propertyName, 
                Path path)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates the target using a multi-int setter along the given Path. A Path animation moves in two dimensions, animating coordinates (x, y) together to follow the line. In this variation, the coordinates are integer x and y coordinates used in the first and second parameter of the setter, respectively.

ofMultiInt

ObjectAnimator ofMultiInt (Object target, 
                String propertyName, 
                TypeConverter<T, int[]> converter, 
                TypeEvaluator<T> evaluator, 
                T... values)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates over values for a multiple int parameters setter. Only public methods that take only int parameters are supported.

At least two values must be provided, a start and end. 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).

ofObject

ObjectAnimator ofObject (T target, 
                Property<T, V> property, 
                TypeEvaluator<V> evaluator, 
                V... values)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates between Object values. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to, in which case the start value will be derived from the property being animated and the target object when start() is called for the first time. Two values imply 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).

Note: The values are stored as references to the original objects, which means that changes to those objects after this method is called will affect the values on the animator. If the objects will be mutated externally after this method is called, callers should pass a copy of those objects instead.

ofObject

ObjectAnimator ofObject (Object target, 
                String propertyName, 
                TypeConverter<PointF, ?> converter, 
                Path path)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates a property along a Path. A Path animation moves in two dimensions, animating coordinates (x, y) together to follow the line. This variant animates the coordinates in a PointF to follow the Path. If the Property associated with propertyName uses a type other than PointF, converter can be used to change from PointF to the type associated with the Property.

ofObject

ObjectAnimator ofObject (T target, 
                Property<T, V> property, 
                TypeConverter<PointF, V> converter, 
                Path path)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates a property along a Path. A Path animation moves in two dimensions, animating coordinates (x, y) together to follow the line. This variant animates the coordinates in a PointF to follow the Path. If property uses a type other than PointF, converter can be used to change from PointF to the type associated with the Property.

The PointF passed to converter or property, if converter is null, is reused on each animation frame and should not be stored by the setter or TypeConverter.

ofObject

ObjectAnimator ofObject (T target, 
                Property<T, P> property, 
                TypeConverter<V, P> converter, 
                TypeEvaluator<V> evaluator, 
                V... values)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates between Object values. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to, in which case the start value will be derived from the property being animated and the target object when start() is called for the first time. Two values imply 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). This variant supplies a TypeConverter to convert from the animated values to the type of the property. If only one value is supplied, the TypeConverter must be a BidirectionalTypeConverter to retrieve the current value.

Note: The values are stored as references to the original objects, which means that changes to those objects after this method is called will affect the values on the animator. If the objects will be mutated externally after this method is called, callers should pass a copy of those objects instead.

ofObject

ObjectAnimator ofObject (Object target, 
                String propertyName, 
                TypeEvaluator evaluator, 
                Object... values)

Constructs and returns an ObjectAnimator that animates between Object values. A single value implies that that value is the one being animated to, in which case the start value will be derived from the property being animated and the target object when start() is called for the first time. Two values imply 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).

Note: The values are stored as references to the original objects, which means that changes to those objects after this method is called will affect the values on the animator. If the objects will be mutated externally after this method is called, callers should pass a copy of those objects instead.

ofPropertyValuesHolder

ObjectAnimator ofPropertyValuesHolder (Object target, 
                PropertyValuesHolder... values)

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.

setAutoCancel

void setAutoCancel (boolean cancel)

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.

setDuration

ObjectAnimator setDuration (long duration)

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

setFloatValues

void setFloatValues (float... values)

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.

setIntValues

void setIntValues (int... values)

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.

setObjectValues

void setObjectValues (Object... values)

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.

Note: The Object values are stored as references to the original objects, which means that changes to those objects after this method is called will affect the values on the animator. If the objects will be mutated externally after this method is called, callers should pass a copy of those objects instead.

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.

setProperty

void setProperty (Property property)

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.

setPropertyName

void setPropertyName (String propertyName)

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.

setTarget

void setTarget (Object target)

Sets the target object whose property will be animated by this animation. Not all subclasses operate on target objects (for example, ValueAnimator, but this method is on the superclass for the convenience of dealing generically with those subclasses that do handle targets.

Note: The target is stored as a weak reference internally to avoid leaking resources by having animators directly reference old targets. Therefore, you should ensure that animator targets always have a hard reference elsewhere.

setupEndValues

void setupEndValues ()

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.

setupStartValues

void setupStartValues ()

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.

start

void start ()

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.

toString

String toString ()

Returns a string representation of the object. In general, the toString method returns a string that "textually represents" this object. The result should be a concise but informative representation that is easy for a person to read. It is recommended that all subclasses override this method.

The toString method for class Object returns a string consisting of the name of the class of which the object is an instance, the at-sign character `@', and the unsigned hexadecimal representation of the hash code of the object. In other words, this method returns a string equal to the value of:

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