overridePendingTransition not working

Question

I'm trying to implement a transition in my app but overridePendingTransition(anim, anim) is not working correctly.

• I have window transitions enabled
• After debugging the code I can say that the compiler does execute the call but it is NOT shown
• I have tried calling finish() before overridePendingTransition() this does not seem to have any effect

My code is simple and standard:

Starting the intent and calling overridePendingTransition:

Intent newsIntent = new Intent(ZPFActivity.this, More2013Activity.class);
startActivity(newsIntent);
overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_no_move, R.anim.fade);
finish();

The start animation should not do anything only the fade animation should have effect.

slide_no_move XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<translate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:fromYDelta="0%p" android:toYDelta="0%p"
android:duration="500"/>

fade XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
 android:fillAfter="true">
 <alpha android:fromAlpha="1.0" 
        android:toAlpha="0.0"
        android:duration="500"/>
</set>

EDIT: I forgot to mention the fact that the activities that I start all extend the 'main' activity. Could this be the fact that is causing the problem?

Answer 1

I know this is an old post, but I saw it and felt obligated to answer it:

It was a very obscure problem, and it was device related. I was using an iOcean X7 at the time. Later I found out that this Phone was not able to play animations. For some it did not play animations on ANY app.

Answer 2

Try to call the pendingTransition after calling finish(), like this:

Intent newsIntent = new Intent(ZPFActivity.this, More2013Activity.class);
startActivity(newsIntent);
finish();
overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_no_move, R.anim.fade);

Answer 3

If you activate usb debugging mode, it can disable the transitions effects. Enter Developer options (where you activated debugging mode), find the user's interface section, check if the animation's transition scale have the animations disabled. If so, set it to .5x. Done!

Answer 4

If you are using android version >= 21 then make the android:windowActivityTransitions attribute to true in the style.xml file in the values-v21 folder as follows.

   <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

       <item name="android:windowActivityTransitions">true</item>

   </style>

Answer 5

Try using this :

    public class More2013Activity extends Activity{
      @Override
      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          overridePendingTransition(R.anim. slide_no_move, R.anim.fade_in);
          setContentView(R.layout.more_activity)
      }
    }

instead of your code.

Answer 6

from 6.0 use this method to override the custom animation

ActivityOptions options = ActivityOptions.makeCustomAnimation(context,R.anim.slide_from_right, R.anim.slide_to_left);
Intent intent = new Intent(context, WhichActivityToOpen.class);
context.startActivity(intent, options.toBundle());

Answer 7

Go in your device Developer Options, There are three further options windows animation scale, Transition Animation scale and Animation duration scale. Make sure all are not off. This is one of the reason I came across.

Answer 8

Probably you are using overridePendingTransition(anim, anim) in your onPause() method too. I had the same problem but I solve it by a tiny trick.

1: Define a boolean in your class before onCreate() method

private boolean pendingTransaction = true;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {...

2: Set pendingTransaction to false when you you use startActivity();

Intent newsIntent = newIntent(ZPFActivity.this,More2013Activity.class);         
 pendingTransaction = false;        
 startActivity(newsIntent);        
 overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_no_move, R.anim.fade);

3: Override the onPause() method by doing this.

@Override
protected void onPause() {
    if (pendingTransaction) {
        overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_no_move, R.anim.fade);
    }
    super.onPause();
}

4: Override the onResume() method by doing this.

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    pendingTransaction = true;
}

Answer 9

please check your device is in power saving mode. in power saving mode animations will not work.

Answer 10

The challenge for me was not with execution, but rather proper conceptualization.

The overridePendingTransition method accepts an enter animation and an exit animation.

The trick to conceptualizing these properly is that enter and exit will have different meanings depending on WHERE we call overridePendingTransition:

• When called from onResume, the current activity is entering and the previous activity (whatever it was) is exiting.
• When called immediately after startActivity, the next activity (being started) is entering and the current activity is exiting.
• When called from finish, the next activity (whatever it winds up being) is entering and the current activity is exiting.

Once I understood these rather weird enter/exit rules, I was able to accomplish proper transitions from anywhere to anywhere.

Hope this helps.