Drawable animation lets you load a series of Drawable resources one after another to create an animation. This is a traditional animation in the sense that it is created with a sequence of different images, played in order, like a roll of film. The AnimationDrawable
class is the basis for Drawable animations.
<animation-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:oneshot="true"> <item android:drawable="@drawable/rocket_thrust1" android:duration="200" /> <item android:drawable="@drawable/rocket_thrust2" android:duration="200" /> <item android:drawable="@drawable/rocket_thrust3" android:duration="200" /> </animation-list>
Here's an example Activity, in which the animation is added to anImageView
and then animated when the screen is touched:
AnimationDrawable rocketAnimation; public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); ImageView rocketImage = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.rocket_image); rocketImage.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.rocket_thrust); rocketAnimation = (AnimationDrawable) rocketImage.getBackground(); } public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) { if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) { rocketAnimation.start(); return true; } return super.onTouchEvent(event); }