[android] How to switch activity without animation in Android?

How can I use properly the Intent flag FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION in AndroidManifest file? I supose my problem is trivial, but I can't find good example or solution to it.

    <intent-filter>
        <data android:name="android.content.Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION" />
    </intent-filter>

However no error is reported by compliator, but data isn't correct. I just want to disable animation in case switching between activities. I can use getWindow().setWindowAnimations(0); in onCreate or onResume rather but using flag is better way, isn't it?

I can use also in code:

    Intent intent = new Intent(v.getContext(), newactivity.class);
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
    getContext().startActivity(intent);

But I want to use this flag in Android Manifest. To disable animation also in case returning from second activity to first.

You can also just do this in all the activities that you dont want to transition from:

@Override
public void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    overridePendingTransition(0, 0);
}

I like this approach because you do not have to mess with the style of your activity.

The line in the theme style works fine, yet that replaces the animation with a white screen. Especially on a slower phone - it is really annoying. So, if you want an instant transition - you could use this in the theme style:

<item name="android:windowAnimationStyle">@null</item>
<item name="android:windowDisablePreview">true</item>

Here is a one-liner solution that works for as low as minSdkVersion 14 which you should insert in you res/styles.xml:

<item name="android:windowAnimationStyle">@null</item>

like so:

<resources>
    <!-- Base application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
        ...
        <item name="android:windowAnimationStyle">@null</item>
    </style>
    ...
</resources>

Cheers!

After starting intent you can use this code :

Intent intent = new Intent(Activity1.this, Activity2.class);
overridePendingTransition(0, 0);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
startActivity(intent);

If used, intent will work with no animations or transitions

If your context is an activity you can call overridePendingTransition:

Call immediately after one of the flavors of startActivity(Intent) or finish to specify an explicit transition animation to perform next.

So, programmatically:

this.startActivity(new Intent(v.getContext(), newactivity.class));
this.overridePendingTransition(0, 0);

create your own style overriding android:Theme

<style name="noAnimationStyle" parent="android:Theme">
    <item name="android:windowAnimationStyle">@null</item>
</style>

Then use it in manifest like this:

<activity android:name=".MainActivity"
    android:theme="@style/noAnimationStyle">
</activity>

Try this code,

this.startActivity(new Intent(v.getContext(), newactivity.class).addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION));

This is not an example use or an explanation of how to use FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION, however it does answer how to disable the Activity switching animation, as asked in the question title:

Android, how to disable the 'wipe' effect when starting a new activity?