Reversing an Animation

Question

I have an ImageView that gets animated when it is added to a layout. When it is removed, I want to reverse the same animation.

Is there a way to reverse an animation

Answer 1

No, sadly you cannot do it with the Animation object. But you can simulate it using an interpolator that will inverse the animation:

package com.example.android;

import android.view.animation.Interpolator;

public class ReverseInterpolator implements Interpolator {
    @Override
    public float getInterpolation(float paramFloat) {
        return Math.abs(paramFloat -1f);
    }
}

Then on your animation you can set your new interpolator:

myAnimation.setInterpolator(new ReverseInterpolator());

Answer 2

Simplest solution i came up with

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:interpolator="@android:anim/linear_interpolator">
    <alpha
        android:duration="2000"
        android:fromAlpha="0.1"
        android:repeatCount="infinite"
        android:repeatMode="reverse"
        android:toAlpha="1.0">
    </alpha>
</set>