if anyone is interested, I figured this out. you need to have an "in" animation and an "out" animation.
On Aug 15, 8:48 am, sdphil <phil.pellouch...@gmail.com> wrote: > i am trying to get a slide down animation to work, and it seems to > work except that it starts with a big black screen instead of the > screen that was there. > > so I have layout1 and layout2. > > when I start the animation using ViewFlipper.showNext it puts a big > black background over layout1, and then slides in layout2. if I use > ViewFlipper.startFlipping() it slides in layout2 out as it is sliding > in layout1 -- which is what I would expect. > > My slide_down.xml looks like this: > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";> > <translate android:fromYDelta="0" > android:toYDelta="100%" > android:duration="4000" > android:detachWallpaper="true"/> > </set> > > My java code looks like this: > ViewFlipper vf = (ViewFlipper) findViewById(R.id.DropDownList); > vf.setAnimation(AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, > R.anim.slide_down)); > vf.showNext(); or > vf.startFlipping(); > > tia. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
