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Introduction to Android Animations

Introduction to Android Animations

Jérémie Laval

February 24, 2013
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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
    [email protected]
    @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
    Xamarin
    1. View Animations
    2. Property Animations
    3. Layout animations

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

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  6. Property Animations
    Xamarin
    - 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
    Please give us your feedback
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    @XamarinHQ

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