Animator

Adds a listener to the set of listeners that are sent events through the life of an animation, such as start, repeat, and end.

Adds a pause listener to this animator.

Cancels the animation. Unlike end(), cancel() causes the animation to stop in its tracks, sending an onAnimationCancel(Animator) to its listeners, followed by an onAnimationEnd(Animator) message.

This method must be called on the thread that is running the animation.

Creates and returns a copy of this Object. The default implementation returns a so-called "shallow" copy: It creates a new instance of the same class and then copies the field values (including object references) from this instance to the new instance. A "deep" copy, in contrast, would also recursively clone nested objects. A subclass that needs to implement this kind of cloning should call super.clone() to create the new instance and then create deep copies of the nested, mutable objects.

Ends the animation. This causes the animation to assign the end value of the property being animated, then calling the onAnimationEnd(Animator) method on its listeners.

This method must be called on the thread that is running the animation.

Gets the duration of the animation.

Returns the timing interpolator that this animation uses.

Gets the set of Animator.AnimatorListener objects that are currently listening for events on this Animator object.

The amount of time, in milliseconds, to delay processing the animation after start() is called.

Returns whether this animator is currently in a paused state.

Returns whether this Animator is currently running (having been started and gone past any initial startDelay period and not yet ended).

Returns whether this Animator has been started and not yet ended. For reusable Animators (which most Animators are, apart from the one-shot animator produced by createCircularReveal()), this state is a superset of isRunning(), because an Animator with a nonzero startDelay will return true for isStarted() during the delay phase, whereas isRunning() will return true only after the delay phase is complete. Non-reusable animators will always return true after they have been started, because they cannot return to a non-started state.

Pauses a running animation. This method should only be called on the same thread on which the animation was started. If the animation has not yet been started or has since ended, then the call is ignored. Paused animations can be resumed by calling resume().

Removes all listeners and pauseListeners from this object.

Removes a listener from the set listening to this animation.

Removes a pause listener from the set listening to this animation.

Resumes a paused animation, causing the animator to pick up where it left off when it was paused. This method should only be called on the same thread on which the animation was started. Calls to resume() on an animator that is not currently paused will be ignored.

Sets the duration of the animation.

The time interpolator used in calculating the elapsed fraction of the animation. The interpolator determines whether the animation runs with linear or non-linear motion, such as acceleration and deceleration. The default value is AccelerateDecelerateInterpolator.

The amount of time, in milliseconds, to delay processing the animation after start() is called.

Sets the target object whose property will be animated by this animation. Not all subclasses operate on target objects (for example, ValueAnimator, but this method is on the superclass for the convenience of dealing generically with those subclasses that do handle targets.

This method tells the object to use appropriate information to extract ending values for the animation. For example, a AnimatorSet object will pass this call to its child objects to tell them to set up the values. A ObjectAnimator object will use the information it has about its target object and PropertyValuesHolder objects to get the start values for its properties. A ValueAnimator object will ignore the request since it does not have enough information (such as a target object) to gather these values.

This method tells the object to use appropriate information to extract starting values for the animation. For example, a AnimatorSet object will pass this call to its child objects to tell them to set up the values. A ObjectAnimator object will use the information it has about its target object and PropertyValuesHolder objects to get the start values for its properties. A ValueAnimator object will ignore the request since it does not have enough information (such as a target object) to gather these values.

Starts this animation. If the animation has a nonzero startDelay, the animation will start running after that delay elapses. A non-delayed animation will have its initial value(s) set immediately, followed by calls to onAnimationStart(Animator) for any listeners of this animator.

The animation started by calling this method will be run on the thread that called this method. This thread should have a Looper on it (a runtime exception will be thrown if this is not the case). Also, if the animation will animate properties of objects in the view hierarchy, then the calling thread should be the UI thread for that view hierarchy.