How to switch activity without animation in Android?

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The question:

How can I use properly the Intent flag FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION in AndroidManifest file? I supose my problem is trivial, but I can’t find good example or solution to it.

    <intent-filter>
        <data android:name="android.content.Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION" />
    </intent-filter>

However no error is reported by compliator, but data isn’t correct.
I just want to disable animation in case switching between activities. I can use getWindow().setWindowAnimations(0); in onCreate or onResume rather but using flag is better way, isn’t it?

I can use also in code:

    Intent intent = new Intent(v.getContext(), newactivity.class);
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
    getContext().startActivity(intent);

But I want to use this flag in Android Manifest. To disable animation also in case returning from second activity to first.

The Solutions:

Below are the methods you can try. The first solution is probably the best. Try others if the first one doesn’t work. Senior developers aren’t just copying/pasting – they read the methods carefully & apply them wisely to each case.

Method 1

You can create a style, 

 <style name="noAnimTheme" parent="android:Theme">
   <item name="android:windowAnimationStyle">@null</item>
</style>

and set it as theme for your activity in the manifest:

   <activity android:name=".ui.ArticlesActivity" android:theme="@style/noAnimTheme">
    </activity>

You can also define a style to specify custom entry and exit animations.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#windowEnterAnimation

Method 2

If your context is an activity you can call overridePendingTransition:

Call immediately after one of the flavors of startActivity(Intent) or
finish to specify an explicit transition animation to perform next.

So, programmatically:

this.startActivity(new Intent(v.getContext(), newactivity.class));
this.overridePendingTransition(0, 0);

Method 3

Try this code,

this.startActivity(new Intent(v.getContext(), newactivity.class).addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION));

Method 4

You can also just do this in all the activities that you dont want to transition from:

@Override
public void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    overridePendingTransition(0, 0);
}

I like this approach because you do not have to mess with the style of your activity.

Method 5

The line in the theme style works fine, yet that replaces the animation with a white screen. Especially on a slower phone – it is really annoying.
So, if you want an instant transition – you could use this in the theme style:

<item name="android:windowAnimationStyle">@null</item>
<item name="android:windowDisablePreview">true</item>

Method 6

Here is a one-liner solution that works for as low as minSdkVersion 14 which you should insert in you res/styles.xml:

<item name="android:windowAnimationStyle">@null</item>

like so:

<resources>
    <!-- Base application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
        ...
        <item name="android:windowAnimationStyle">@null</item>
    </style>
    ...
</resources>

Cheers!

Method 7

This is not an example use or an explanation of how to use FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION, however it does answer how to disable the Activity switching animation, as asked in the question title:

Android, how to disable the ‘wipe’ effect when starting a new activity?

Method 8

After starting intent you can use this code :

Intent intent = new Intent(Activity1.this, Activity2.class);
overridePendingTransition(0, 0);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
startActivity(intent);

If used, intent will work with no animations or transitions

Method 9

create your own style overriding android:Theme

<style name="noAnimationStyle" parent="android:Theme">
    <item name="android:windowAnimationStyle">@null</item>
</style>

Then use it in manifest like this:

<activity android:name=".MainActivity"
    android:theme="@style/noAnimationStyle">
</activity>


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