Visibility

public abstract class Visibility extends Transition

Known direct subclasses
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This transition tracks changes to the visibility of target views in the start and end scenes and moves views in or out from the edges of the scene.

Fade

This transition tracks changes to the visibility of target views in the start and end scenes and fades views in or out when they become visible or non-visible.

Slide

This transition tracks changes to the visibility of target views in the start and end scenes and moves views in or out from one of the edges of the scene.


This transition tracks changes to the visibility of target views in the start and end scenes. Visibility is determined not just by the setVisibility state of views, but also whether views exist in the current view hierarchy. The class is intended to be a utility for subclasses such as Fade, which use this visibility information to determine the specific animations to run when visibility changes occur. Subclasses should implement one or both of the methods onAppear, onDisappear or onAppear, onDisappear.

Summary

Constants

static final int

Mode used in setMode to make the transition operate on targets that are appearing.

static final int

Mode used in setMode to make the transition operate on targets that are disappearing.

Public constructors

Public methods

void

Captures the values in the end scene for the properties that this transition monitors.

void

Captures the values in the start scene for the properties that this transition monitors.

@Nullable Animator
createAnimator(
    @NonNull ViewGroup sceneRoot,
    @Nullable TransitionValues startValues,
    @Nullable TransitionValues endValues
)

This method creates an animation that will be run for this transition given the information in the startValues and endValues structures captured earlier for the start and end scenes.

int

Returns whether appearing and/or disappearing Views are supported.

@Nullable String[]

Returns the set of property names used stored in the TransitionValues object passed into captureStartValues that this transition cares about for the purposes of canceling overlapping animations.

boolean
isTransitionRequired(
    @Nullable TransitionValues startValues,
    @Nullable TransitionValues endValues
)

Returns whether or not the transition should create an Animator, based on the values captured during captureStartValues and captureEndValues.

boolean

Returns whether the view is 'visible' according to the given values object.

@Nullable Animator
onAppear(
    @NonNull ViewGroup sceneRoot,
    @NonNull View view,
    @Nullable TransitionValues startValues,
    @Nullable TransitionValues endValues
)

The default implementation of this method returns a null Animator.

@Nullable Animator
onAppear(
    @NonNull ViewGroup sceneRoot,
    @Nullable TransitionValues startValues,
    int startVisibility,
    @Nullable TransitionValues endValues,
    int endVisibility
)

The default implementation of this method does nothing.

@Nullable Animator
onDisappear(
    @NonNull ViewGroup sceneRoot,
    @NonNull View view,
    @Nullable TransitionValues startValues,
    @Nullable TransitionValues endValues
)

The default implementation of this method returns a null Animator.

@Nullable Animator
onDisappear(
    @NonNull ViewGroup sceneRoot,
    @Nullable TransitionValues startValues,
    int startVisibility,
    @Nullable TransitionValues endValues,
    int endVisibility
)

The default implementation of this method does nothing.

void
setMode(int mode)

Changes the transition to support appearing and/or disappearing Views, depending on mode.

Inherited Constants

From androidx.transition.Transition
static final int

With setMatchOrder, chooses to match by getId.

static final int

With setMatchOrder, chooses to match by View instance.

static final int

With setMatchOrder, chooses to match by the android.widget.Adapter item id.

static final int

With setMatchOrder, chooses to match by getTransitionName.

Inherited methods

From androidx.transition.Transition
@NonNull Transition

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

@NonNull Transition
addTarget(@IdRes int targetId)

Adds the id of a target view that this Transition is interested in animating.

@NonNull Transition
addTarget(@NonNull String targetName)

Adds the transitionName of a target view that this Transition is interested in animating.

@NonNull Transition
addTarget(@NonNull Class<Object> targetType)

Adds the Class of a target view that this Transition is interested in animating.

@NonNull Transition

Sets the target view instances that this Transition is interested in animating.

@NonNull Transition
@NonNull Transition
excludeChildren(@IdRes int targetId, boolean exclude)

Whether to add the children of the given id to the list of targets to exclude from this transition.

@NonNull Transition
excludeChildren(@NonNull View target, boolean exclude)

Whether to add the children of given target to the list of target children to exclude from this transition.

@NonNull Transition
excludeChildren(@NonNull Class<Object> type, boolean exclude)

Whether to add the given type to the list of types whose children should be excluded from this transition.

@NonNull Transition
excludeTarget(@IdRes int targetId, boolean exclude)

Whether to add the given id to the list of target ids to exclude from this transition.

@NonNull Transition
excludeTarget(@NonNull String targetName, boolean exclude)

Whether to add the given transitionName to the list of target transitionNames to exclude from this transition.

@NonNull Transition
excludeTarget(@NonNull View target, boolean exclude)

Whether to add the given target to the list of targets to exclude from this transition.

@NonNull Transition
excludeTarget(@NonNull Class<Object> type, boolean exclude)

Whether to add the given type to the list of types to exclude from this transition.

long

Returns the duration set on this transition.

@Nullable Rect

Returns the epicenter as specified by the android.transition.Transition.EpicenterCallback or null if no callback exists.

@Nullable Transition.EpicenterCallback

Returns the callback used to find the epicenter of the Transition.

@Nullable TimeInterpolator

Returns the interpolator set on this transition.

@NonNull String

Returns the name of this Transition.

@NonNull PathMotion

Returns the algorithm object used to interpolate along two dimensions.

@Nullable TransitionPropagation

Returns the android.transition.TransitionPropagation used to calculate Animator start delays.

final @NonNull Transition

If this Transition is not part of a TransitionSet, this is returned.

long

Returns the startDelay set on this transition.

@NonNull List<Integer>

Returns the array of target IDs that this transition limits itself to tracking and animating.

@Nullable List<String>

Returns the list of target transitionNames that this transition limits itself to tracking and animating.

@Nullable List<Class<Object>>

Returns the list of target transitionNames that this transition limits itself to tracking and animating.

@NonNull List<View>

Returns the array of target views that this transition limits itself to tracking and animating.

@Nullable TransitionValues
getTransitionValues(@NonNull View view, boolean start)

This method can be called by transitions to get the TransitionValues for any particular view during the transition-playing process.

boolean

Returns true if the Transition can be used by controlDelayedTransition.

@NonNull Transition

Removes a listener from the set listening to this animation.

@NonNull Transition

Removes the given target from the list of targets that this Transition is interested in animating.

@NonNull Transition
removeTarget(@IdRes int targetId)

Removes the given targetId from the list of ids that this Transition is interested in animating.

@NonNull Transition

Removes the given targetName from the list of transitionNames that this Transition is interested in animating.

@NonNull Transition

Removes the given target from the list of targets that this Transition is interested in animating.

@NonNull Transition
setDuration(long duration)

Sets the duration of this transition.

void

Sets the callback to use to find the epicenter of a Transition.

@NonNull Transition

Sets the interpolator of this transition.

void
setMatchOrder(@Nullable int[] matches)

Sets the order in which Transition matches View start and end values.

void

Sets the algorithm used to calculate two-dimensional interpolation.

void

Sets the method for determining Animator start delays.

@NonNull Transition
setStartDelay(long startDelay)

Sets the startDelay of this transition.

@NonNull String

Constants

MODE_IN

Added in 1.0.0
public static final int MODE_IN = 1

Mode used in setMode to make the transition operate on targets that are appearing. Maybe be combined with MODE_OUT to target Visibility changes both in and out.

MODE_OUT

Added in 1.0.0
public static final int MODE_OUT = 2

Mode used in setMode to make the transition operate on targets that are disappearing. Maybe be combined with MODE_IN to target Visibility changes both in and out.

Public constructors

Visibility

Added in 1.0.0
public Visibility()

Visibility

Added in 1.0.0
public Visibility(@NonNull Context context, @NonNull AttributeSet attrs)

Public methods

captureEndValues

Added in 1.5.0-alpha06
public void captureEndValues(@NonNull TransitionValues transitionValues)

Captures the values in the end scene for the properties that this transition monitors. These values are then passed as the endValues structure in a later call to createAnimator. The main concern for an implementation is what the properties are that the transition cares about and what the values are for all of those properties. The start and end values will be compared later during the createAnimator method to determine what, if any, animations, should be run.

Subclasses must implement this method. The method should only be called by the transition system; it is not intended to be called from external classes.

Parameters
@NonNull TransitionValues transitionValues

The holder for any values that the Transition wishes to store. Values are stored in the values field of this TransitionValues object and are keyed from a String value. For example, to store a view's rotation value, a transition might call transitionValues.values.put("appname:transitionname:rotation", view.getRotation()). The target view will already be stored in the transitionValues structure when this method is called.

captureStartValues

Added in 1.5.0-alpha06
public void captureStartValues(@NonNull TransitionValues transitionValues)

Captures the values in the start scene for the properties that this transition monitors. These values are then passed as the startValues structure in a later call to createAnimator. The main concern for an implementation is what the properties are that the transition cares about and what the values are for all of those properties. The start and end values will be compared later during the createAnimator method to determine what, if any, animations, should be run.

Subclasses must implement this method. The method should only be called by the transition system; it is not intended to be called from external classes.

Parameters
@NonNull TransitionValues transitionValues

The holder for any values that the Transition wishes to store. Values are stored in the values field of this TransitionValues object and are keyed from a String value. For example, to store a view's rotation value, a transition might call transitionValues.values.put("appname:transitionname:rotation", view.getRotation()). The target view will already be stored in the transitionValues structure when this method is called.

createAnimator

public @Nullable Animator createAnimator(
    @NonNull ViewGroup sceneRoot,
    @Nullable TransitionValues startValues,
    @Nullable TransitionValues endValues
)

This method creates an animation that will be run for this transition given the information in the startValues and endValues structures captured earlier for the start and end scenes. Subclasses of Transition should override this method. The method should only be called by the transition system; it is not intended to be called from external classes.

This method is called by the transition's parent (all the way up to the topmost Transition in the hierarchy) with the sceneRoot and start/end values that the transition may need to set up initial target values and construct an appropriate animation. For example, if an overall Transition is a TransitionSet consisting of several child transitions in sequence, then some of the child transitions may want to set initial values on target views prior to the overall Transition commencing, to put them in an appropriate state for the delay between that start and the child Transition start time. For example, a transition that fades an item in may wish to set the starting alpha value to 0, to avoid it blinking in prior to the transition actually starting the animation. This is necessary because the scene change that triggers the Transition will automatically set the end-scene on all target views, so a Transition that wants to animate from a different value should set that value prior to returning from this method.

Additionally, a Transition can perform logic to determine whether the transition needs to run on the given target and start/end values. For example, a transition that resizes objects on the screen may wish to avoid running for views which are not present in either the start or end scenes.

If there is an animator created and returned from this method, the transition mechanism will apply any applicable duration, startDelay, and interpolator to that animation and start it. A return value of null indicates that no animation should run. The default implementation returns null.

The method is called for every applicable target object, which is stored in the view field.

Parameters
@NonNull ViewGroup sceneRoot

The root of the transition hierarchy.

@Nullable TransitionValues startValues

The values for a specific target in the start scene.

@Nullable TransitionValues endValues

The values for the target in the end scene.

Returns
@Nullable Animator

A Animator to be started at the appropriate time in the overall transition for this scene change. A null value means no animation should be run.

getMode

Added in 1.0.0
public int getMode()

Returns whether appearing and/or disappearing Views are supported.

Returns
int

whether appearing and/or disappearing Views are supported. A combination of MODE_IN and MODE_OUT.

getTransitionProperties

public @Nullable String[] getTransitionProperties()

Returns the set of property names used stored in the TransitionValues object passed into captureStartValues that this transition cares about for the purposes of canceling overlapping animations. When any transition is started on a given scene root, all transitions currently running on that same scene root are checked to see whether the properties on which they based their animations agree with the end values of the same properties in the new transition. If the end values are not equal, then the old animation is canceled since the new transition will start a new animation to these new values. If the values are equal, the old animation is allowed to continue and no new animation is started for that transition.

A transition does not need to override this method. However, not doing so will mean that the cancellation logic outlined in the previous paragraph will be skipped for that transition, possibly leading to artifacts as old transitions and new transitions on the same targets run in parallel, animating views toward potentially different end values.

Returns
@Nullable String[]

An array of property names as described in the class documentation for TransitionValues. The default implementation returns null.

isTransitionRequired

public boolean isTransitionRequired(
    @Nullable TransitionValues startValues,
    @Nullable TransitionValues endValues
)

Returns whether or not the transition should create an Animator, based on the values captured during captureStartValues and captureEndValues. The default implementation compares the property values returned from getTransitionProperties, or all property values if getTransitionProperties() returns null. Subclasses may override this method to provide logic more specific to the transition implementation.

Parameters
@Nullable TransitionValues startValues

the values from captureStartValues, This may be null if the View did not exist in the start state.

@Nullable TransitionValues endValues

the values from captureEndValues. This may be null if the View did not exist in the end state.

isVisible

Added in 1.0.0
public boolean isVisible(@Nullable TransitionValues values)

Returns whether the view is 'visible' according to the given values object. This is determined by testing the same properties in the values object that are used to determine whether the object is appearing or disappearing in the createAnimator method. This method can be called by, for example, subclasses that want to know whether the object is visible in the same way that Visibility determines it for the actual animation.

Parameters
@Nullable TransitionValues values

The TransitionValues object that holds the information by which visibility is determined.

Returns
boolean

True if the view reference by values is visible, false otherwise.

onAppear

Added in 1.0.0
public @Nullable Animator onAppear(
    @NonNull ViewGroup sceneRoot,
    @NonNull View view,
    @Nullable TransitionValues startValues,
    @Nullable TransitionValues endValues
)

The default implementation of this method returns a null Animator. Subclasses should override this method to make targets appear with the desired transition. The method should only be called from onAppear.

Parameters
@NonNull ViewGroup sceneRoot

The root of the transition hierarchy

@NonNull View view

The View to make appear. This will be in the target scene's View hierarchy and will be VISIBLE.

@Nullable TransitionValues startValues

The target values in the start scene

@Nullable TransitionValues endValues

The target values in the end scene

Returns
@Nullable Animator

An Animator to be started at the appropriate time in the overall transition for this scene change. A null value means no animation should be run.

onAppear

Added in 1.0.0
public @Nullable Animator onAppear(
    @NonNull ViewGroup sceneRoot,
    @Nullable TransitionValues startValues,
    int startVisibility,
    @Nullable TransitionValues endValues,
    int endVisibility
)

The default implementation of this method does nothing. Subclasses should override if they need to create an Animator when targets appear. The method should only be called by the Visibility class; it is not intended to be called from external classes.

Parameters
@NonNull ViewGroup sceneRoot

The root of the transition hierarchy

@Nullable TransitionValues startValues

The target values in the start scene

int startVisibility

The target visibility in the start scene

@Nullable TransitionValues endValues

The target values in the end scene

int endVisibility

The target visibility in the end scene

Returns
@Nullable Animator

An Animator to be started at the appropriate time in the overall transition for this scene change. A null value means no animation should be run.

onDisappear

Added in 1.0.0
public @Nullable Animator onDisappear(
    @NonNull ViewGroup sceneRoot,
    @NonNull View view,
    @Nullable TransitionValues startValues,
    @Nullable TransitionValues endValues
)

The default implementation of this method returns a null Animator. Subclasses should override this method to make targets disappear with the desired transition. The method should only be called from onDisappear.

Parameters
@NonNull ViewGroup sceneRoot

The root of the transition hierarchy

@NonNull View view

The View to make disappear. This will be in the target scene's View hierarchy or in an android.view.ViewGroupOverlay and will be VISIBLE.

@Nullable TransitionValues startValues

The target values in the start scene

@Nullable TransitionValues endValues

The target values in the end scene

Returns
@Nullable Animator

An Animator to be started at the appropriate time in the overall transition for this scene change. A null value means no animation should be run.

onDisappear

Added in 1.0.0
public @Nullable Animator onDisappear(
    @NonNull ViewGroup sceneRoot,
    @Nullable TransitionValues startValues,
    int startVisibility,
    @Nullable TransitionValues endValues,
    int endVisibility
)

The default implementation of this method does nothing. Subclasses should override if they need to create an Animator when targets disappear. The method should only be called by the Visibility class; it is not intended to be called from external classes.

Parameters
@NonNull ViewGroup sceneRoot

The root of the transition hierarchy

@Nullable TransitionValues startValues

The target values in the start scene

int startVisibility

The target visibility in the start scene

@Nullable TransitionValues endValues

The target values in the end scene

int endVisibility

The target visibility in the end scene

Returns
@Nullable Animator

An Animator to be started at the appropriate time in the overall transition for this scene change. A null value means no animation should be run.

setMode

Added in 1.0.0
public void setMode(int mode)

Changes the transition to support appearing and/or disappearing Views, depending on mode.

Parameters
int mode

The behavior supported by this transition, a combination of MODE_IN and MODE_OUT.