Activity transitions
When opening and closing an activity, Android will play a default transition. We can customize the activity transition to reflect the brand and/or differentiate our app. Activity transitions are available, starting with Android 5.0 Lollipop (API level 21).
Activity transitions have two parts – the enter transition and the exit transition. The enter transition defines how the activity and its views will be animated when the activity is opened. The exit transition, meanwhile, describes how the activity and views are animated when the activity is closed, or a new activity is opened. Android supports the following built-in transitions:
- Explode: This moves views in or out from the center
- Fade: This view slowly appears or disappears
- Slide: This moves views in or out from the edges
Now, let’s see how we can add activity transitions in the following section. There are two ways to add activity transitions – through XML and...
