[android] How to provide animation when calling another activity in Android?

I have two Activities A and B. I want to have the shrink Animation when Activity A calls B and maximize animation when Activity B calls A. I don't need the animation xml files for this.

When we call another Activity in Android it gives its default animation and then it calls shrink animation.

What I want is that the default animation should not occur and the animation that I want should occur.

Can we actually give the animation when calling another Activity?

Jelly Bean adds support for this with the ActivityOptions.makeCustomAnimation() method. Of course, since it's only on Jelly Bean, it's pretty much worthless for practical purposes.

Wrote a tutorial so that you can animate your activity's in and out,

Enjoy:

http://blog.blundellapps.com/animate-an-activity/

You must use OverridePendingTransition method to achieve it, which is in the Activity class. Sample Animations in the apidemos example's res/anim folder. Check it. More than check the demo in ApiDemos/App/Activity/animation.

Example:

@Override
public void onResume(){
    // TODO LC: preliminary support for views transitions
    this.overridePendingTransition(R.anim.in_from_right, R.anim.out_to_left);
}