How to switch activity without animation in Android

Question

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       lt intent-filter gt           lt data android name  quot android content Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NO ANIMATION quot    gt       lt  intent-filter gt   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

User · Answer

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!

User · Answer

You can create a style      lt style name  noAnimTheme  parent  android Theme  gt      lt item name  android windowAnimationStyle  gt  null lt  item gt   lt  style gt    and set it as theme for your activity in the manifest       lt activity android name   ui ArticlesActivity  android theme   style noAnimTheme  gt       lt  activity gt    You can also define a style to specify custom entry and exit animations  http   developer android com reference android R attr html windowEnterAnimation

User · Answer

Try this code   this startActivity new Intent v getContext    newactivity class  addFlags Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NO ANIMATION

User · Answer

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

User · Answer

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    lt item name  android windowAnimationStyle  gt  null lt  item gt   lt item name  android windowDisablePreview  gt true lt  item gt

User · Answer

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

User · Answer

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

User · Answer

create your own style overriding android Theme   lt style name  noAnimationStyle  parent  android Theme  gt       lt item name  android windowAnimationStyle  gt  null lt  item gt   lt  style gt    Then use it in manifest like this    lt activity android name   MainActivity      android theme   style noAnimationStyle  gt   lt  activity gt

User · Answer

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   39 wipe  39  effect when starting a new activity

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