XamarinSeminar
14th February 2013
Introduction to Android Animations
Agenda
Jérémie Laval
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Xamarin [email protected]@jeremie_lavalhttp://blog.neteril.org
Introduction to Android Animations
Foreword
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“The best UI animations are the ones your users don't notice because they feel natural”
Android Animation APIs
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1. View Animations2. Property Animations3. Layout animations
View Animations
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-Pre-Android 3.0
-Only on View
-Limited range of effect
-Simple and straightforward
Property Animations
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-New in Android 3.1
-Generalized framework for animations
-Custom property support
-Complete instrumentation API
Layout animations
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-Easy to use ( just add android:animateLayoutChanges="true" )
-Fade in/Fade out + Slide in/Slide out
effects
-Nice for transition between element
states
In Conclusion
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Resources
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-Sticky GUIs: http://parleys.com/#st=5&id=2897
-Android Developers DevBytes http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWz5rJ2EKKc_XOgcRukSoKKjewFJZrKV0
-Android API Guide: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/
index.html
-Our Xamarin docs: http://docs.xamarin.com/android/Recipes/Other_UX/
Animation
-Android tricks series on Xamarin blog: http://blog.xamarin.com
XamarinSeminar
14th February 2013
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