Introduction to Android Animations

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   Xamarin Seminar 14th February 2013 Introduction to Android Animations

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

   to Android Animations
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   Foreword Xamarin “The best UI animations are the ones your

   users don't notice because they feel natural”
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   Android Animation APIs Xamarin 1. View Animations 2. Property Animations

   3. Layout animations
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   View Animations Xamarin - Pre-Android 3.0 - Only on View

   - Limited range of effect - Simple and straightforward
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   Property Animations Xamarin - New in Android 3.1 - Generalized

   framework for animations - Custom property support - Complete instrumentation API
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   Layout animations Xamarin - 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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   In Conclusion Xamarin

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   Resources Xamarin - 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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