Introduction to Android Animations

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1. Xamarin
   Seminar
   14th February 2013
   Introduction to Android Animations
   

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2. Agenda
   Jérémie Laval
   Xamarin
   Xamarin Engineer
   jeremie.laval@xamarin.com
   @jeremie_laval
   http://blog.neteril.org
   Introduction to Android Animations
   

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3. Foreword
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   “The best UI animations are the ones
   your users don't notice because they
   feel natural”
   

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4. Android Animation APIs
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   1. View Animations
   2. Property Animations
   3. Layout animations
   

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5. View Animations
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   - Pre-Android 3.0
   - Only on View
   - Limited range of effect
   - Simple and straightforward
   

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6. Property Animations
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   - New in Android 3.1
   - Generalized framework for animations
   - Custom property support
   - Complete instrumentation API
   

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7. 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
   

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8. In Conclusion
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9. 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
   

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10. Xamarin
    Seminar
    14th February 2013
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