Xamarin Seminar 14th February 2013 Introduction to Android Animations 

Agenda Jérémie Laval Xamarin Xamarin Engineer [email protected] @jeremie_laval http://blog.neteril.org Introduction to Android Animations 

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

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

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

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

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 

In Conclusion Xamarin 

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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