Android Animation APIs

Overview

Android provides different animation APIs depending on what type of animation you want. There are two main types of animations:

• Drawable animations: These animations change the appearance of a drawable object.
• Property animations: These animations change the properties of a view object, such as its position, size, or rotation.

Drawable Animations

Android provides two options for animating drawables:

1. AnimationDrawable: This class allows you to create a drawable that consists of a series of frames. You can then play the animation by calling the start() method.
2. ObjectAnimator: This class allows you to animate any property of a drawable object. You can use this class to create more complex animations, such as fading in or out a drawable.

Property Animations

Android provides two classes for creating property animations:

1. ValueAnimator: This class allows you to animate a single property of a view object. You can use this class to create simple animations, such as moving a view object from one point to another.
2. ObjectAnimator: This class allows you to animate multiple properties of a view object. You can use this class to create more complex animations, such as fading in and out a view object while also moving it from one point to another.