TextSwitching animation in ANDROID or Using TextSwitcher Control in ANDROID

Today I will show you how to do a simple and beautiful text animation while switching the text in a textView in android
The advantage is that you don’t need a seperate xml file for animation in this program, all is done inside the java code.
This is the main java file.

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package pack.coderzheaven;   import android.app.Activity; import android.graphics.Color; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.Gravity; import android.view.View; import android.view.animation.Animation; import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.TextSwitcher; import android.widget.TextView; import android.widget.ViewSwitcher;   public class TextSwitcherDemo extends Activity implements ViewSwitcher.ViewFactory,         View.OnClickListener {       private TextSwitcher mSwitcher;       private int mCounter = 0;       @Override     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);           setContentView(R.layout.main);           mSwitcher = (TextSwitcher) findViewById(R.id.switcher);         mSwitcher.setFactory(this);           Animation in = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this,  android.R.anim.fade_in);         Animation out = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, android.R.anim.fade_out);         mSwitcher.setInAnimation(in);         mSwitcher.setOutAnimation(out);           Button nextButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.next);         nextButton.setOnClickListener(this);           updateCounter();     }       public void onClick(View v) {         mCounter++;         updateCounter();     }       private void updateCounter() {         mSwitcher.setText(String.valueOf(mCounter));     }       public View makeView() {         TextView t = new TextView(this);         t.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER | Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL);         t.setTextSize(70);         t.setTextColor(Color.RED);         return t;     } }

Here we use a widget called TextSwitcher in android.
Now the main.xml file.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="fill_parent"     android:orientation="vertical">       <TextView android:id="@+id/tv"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:text="@string/hello"         android:textStyle="bold|italic"/>       <Button android:id="@+id/next"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:text="Switch"         android:textStyle="bold|italic" />       <TextSwitcher android:id="@+id/switcher"         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content" /> </LinearLayout>

Strings.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources>     <string name="hello">TextSwitcher Demo from CoderzHeaven</string>     <string name="app_name">TextSwitcher Demo</string> </resources>

AndroidManifest.xml file contents.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"       package="pack.coderzheaven"       android:versionCode="1"       android:versionName="1.0">     <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">         <activity android:name=".TextSwitcherDemo"                   android:label="@string/app_name">             <intent-filter>                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />             </intent-filter>         </activity>     </application> </manifest>

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