How can I add an animation to the activity finish()

Question

I\'m using overridePendingTransition for when my activity is created and that works fine I can see the fade in works great, but when I try and animate the finish on the acti

Answer 1

I would suggest to use isFinishing() method to configure the animations at onPause instead of calling finish()

@Override
protected void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    if (isFinishing()){
        overridePendingTransition(R.anim.activity_slide_in, R.anim.activity_slide_out);
    }

}

Answer 2

I fixed this issue using this kind of approach:

to open with animation:

 Intent newUser = new Intent(getBaseContext(), NewUserActivity.class);
    startActivity(newUser);
    overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_in_right,R.anim.slide_out_left);

To close with animation:

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    onBackPressed();
    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
    super.onBackPressed();
    overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_out_right,R.anim.slide_in_right);
}

Answer 3

Use startActivityForResult to start your child activity and in onActivityResult() of your parent activity:

    @Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if(requestCode==REQUEST_YOUR_ACTIVITY) {
        overridePendingTransition(R.anim.parent_appearing_anim, R.anim.child_dissmissing_anim);
    }
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, arg2);
}

Answer 4

This question has already answered but the most efficient way to put an animation while exiting from an activity is by overriding the "finish()" method of the related activity:

@Override
public void finish() {
    super.finish();
    overridePendingTransition(R.anim.hold, R.anim.slide_out_bottom);
}

Answer 5

finish();
overridePendingTransition(0, 0);

Answer 6

Following on the answer by @schwiz, here is an animation override for the built-in Dialog theme, where I have defined local slide_up and slide_down animations. My activity specifies the theme MyDialog in order to have these transitions in and out.

<style name="Animation.MyDialog" parent="android:Animation.Dialog">
    <item name="android:windowEnterAnimation">@anim/slide_up</item>
    <item name="android:windowExitAnimation">@anim/slide_down</item>
</style>

<style name="Theme.MyDialog" parent="android:Theme.Dialog">
    <item name="android:windowAnimationStyle">@style/Animation.MyDialog</item>
</style>