How can I scale textviews using shared element transitions?
Solution 1
Edit:
As pointed out by Kiryl Tkach in the comments below, there is a better solution described in this Google I/O talk.
You can create a custom transition that animates a TextView
's text size as follows:
public class TextSizeTransition extends Transition {
private static final String PROPNAME_TEXT_SIZE = "alexjlockwood:transition:textsize";
private static final String[] TRANSITION_PROPERTIES = { PROPNAME_TEXT_SIZE };
private static final Property<TextView, Float> TEXT_SIZE_PROPERTY =
new Property<TextView, Float>(Float.class, "textSize") {
@Override
public Float get(TextView textView) {
return textView.getTextSize();
}
@Override
public void set(TextView textView, Float textSizePixels) {
textView.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, textSizePixels);
}
};
public TextSizeTransition() {
}
public TextSizeTransition(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
@Override
public String[] getTransitionProperties() {
return TRANSITION_PROPERTIES;
}
@Override
public void captureStartValues(TransitionValues transitionValues) {
captureValues(transitionValues);
}
@Override
public void captureEndValues(TransitionValues transitionValues) {
captureValues(transitionValues);
}
private void captureValues(TransitionValues transitionValues) {
if (transitionValues.view instanceof TextView) {
TextView textView = (TextView) transitionValues.view;
transitionValues.values.put(PROPNAME_TEXT_SIZE, textView.getTextSize());
}
}
@Override
public Animator createAnimator(ViewGroup sceneRoot, TransitionValues startValues,
TransitionValues endValues) {
if (startValues == null || endValues == null) {
return null;
}
Float startSize = (Float) startValues.values.get(PROPNAME_TEXT_SIZE);
Float endSize = (Float) endValues.values.get(PROPNAME_TEXT_SIZE);
if (startSize == null || endSize == null ||
startSize.floatValue() == endSize.floatValue()) {
return null;
}
TextView view = (TextView) endValues.view;
view.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, startSize);
return ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(view, TEXT_SIZE_PROPERTY, startSize, endSize);
}
}
Since changing the TextView
's text size will cause its layout bounds to change during the course of the animation, getting the transition to work properly will take a little more effort than simply throwing a ChangeBounds
transition into the same TransitionSet
. What you will need to do instead is manually measure/layout the view in its end state in a SharedElementCallback
.
I've published an example project on GitHub that illustrates the concept (note that the project defines two Gradle product flavors... one uses Activity Transitions and the other uses Fragment Transitions).
Solution 2
I used solution from Alex Lockwood and simplified the use (it's only for TextSize of a TextView), I hope this will help:
public class Activity2 extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity2);
EnterSharedElementTextSizeHandler handler = new EnterSharedElementTextSizeHandler(this);
handler.addTextViewSizeResource((TextView) findViewById(R.id.timer),
R.dimen.small_text_size, R.dimen.large_text_size);
}
}
and the class EnterSharedElementTextSizeHandler:
public class EnterSharedElementTextSizeHandler extends SharedElementCallback {
private final TransitionSet mTransitionSet;
private final Activity mActivity;
public Map<TextView, Pair<Integer, Integer>> textViewList = new HashMap<>();
public EnterSharedElementTextSizeHandler(Activity activity) {
mActivity = activity;
Transition transitionWindow = activity.getWindow().getSharedElementEnterTransition();
if (!(transitionWindow instanceof TransitionSet)) {
mTransitionSet = new TransitionSet();
mTransitionSet.addTransition(transitionWindow);
} else {
mTransitionSet = (TransitionSet) transitionWindow;
}
activity.setEnterSharedElementCallback(this);
}
public void addTextViewSizeResource(TextView tv, int sizeBegin, int sizeEnd) {
Resources res = mActivity.getResources();
addTextView(tv,
res.getDimensionPixelSize(sizeBegin),
res.getDimensionPixelSize(sizeEnd));
}
public void addTextView(TextView tv, int sizeBegin, int sizeEnd) {
Transition textSize = new TextSizeTransition();
textSize.addTarget(tv.getId());
textSize.addTarget(tv.getText().toString());
mTransitionSet.addTransition(textSize);
textViewList.put(tv, new Pair<>(sizeBegin, sizeEnd));
}
@Override
public void onSharedElementStart(List<String> sharedElementNames, List<View> sharedElements, List<View> sharedElementSnapshots) {
for (View v : sharedElements) {
if (!textViewList.containsKey(v)) {
continue;
}
((TextView) v).setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, textViewList.get(v).first);
}
}
@Override
public void onSharedElementEnd(List<String> sharedElementNames, List<View> sharedElements, List<View> sharedElementSnapshots) {
for (View v : sharedElements) {
if (!textViewList.containsKey(v)) {
continue;
}
TextView textView = (TextView) v;
// Record the TextView's old width/height.
int oldWidth = textView.getMeasuredWidth();
int oldHeight = textView.getMeasuredHeight();
// Setup the TextView's end values.
textView.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, textViewList.get(v).second);
// Re-measure the TextView (since the text size has changed).
int widthSpec = View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
int heightSpec = View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
textView.measure(widthSpec, heightSpec);
// Record the TextView's new width/height.
int newWidth = textView.getMeasuredWidth();
int newHeight = textView.getMeasuredHeight();
// Layout the TextView in the center of its container, accounting for its new width/height.
int widthDiff = newWidth - oldWidth;
int heightDiff = newHeight - oldHeight;
textView.layout(textView.getLeft() - widthDiff / 2, textView.getTop() - heightDiff / 2,
textView.getRight() + widthDiff / 2, textView.getBottom() + heightDiff / 2);
}
}
}
Solution 3
This was covered in one of the Google I/O 2016 talks. The source for the transition which you can copy into your code is found here. If your IDE complains the addTarget(TextView.class);
requires API 21, just remove the constructor and add the target either dynamically or in your xml.
i.e. (note this is in Kotlin)
val textResizeTransition = TextResize().addTarget(view.findViewById(R.id.text_view))
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Updated on June 04, 2022Comments
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rlay3 about 2 years
I am able to get TextViews to transition perfectly between two activities using
ActivityOptions.makeSceneTransitionAnimation
. However I want to make the text scale up as it transitions. I can see the material design example scaling up the text "Alphonso Engelking" in the contact card transition.I've tried setting the scale attributes on the destination TextView and using the changeTransform shared element transitions, but it doesn't scale and the text ends up being truncated as it transitions.
How can I scale TextViews using shared element transition?
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rlay3 over 9 yearsYep looks like the textview bounds is animating correctly. However the actual text isn't scaling!
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klmprt over 9 yearsGreat, that's what we'd expect. Now try to set the scale property in the destination activity and use both ChangeBounds and ChangeTransform together in a TransitionSet (e.g. TransitionSet.addTransition().addTransition())
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Alex Lockwood over 9 years@klmprt I thought an even simpler solution would be to create a custom
TextSizeTransition
like this... I still haven't been able to get it to work the way I want it, but do you think something like this is on the right track? I feel like modifying the view's scale properties is a hacky way to achieve this effect when you can just modify the text size... -
Alex Lockwood over 9 yearsThe more I experiment with custom transitions, the more I think that some custom transitions simply refuse to work when used with shared element transitions... :/
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klmprt over 9 years@AlexLockwood
TextSizeTransition
looks good to me; you may need to use it in conjunction with ChangeBounds though. What wasn't working for you? -
Alex Lockwood over 9 years@klmprt I'll write up a short sample project demonstrating the problem tonight. I really want to figure out how to write custom transitions myself, but the only way I can ever get them to work is by modifying the shared views somehow in
SharedElementCallback#onSharedElementStart()
and even then it just feels so hacky. -
klmprt over 9 years@AlexLockwood Depending on what you're modifying, that's probably okay. The onSharedElementStart and onSharedElementEnd callbacks are there for you to 'set the scene' as needed -- ultimately the framework can't do all the work for you.
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Ted over 9 yearsHey, so could you elaborate on what "properly" means? I asked a SO question (see below), regarding an animation that isnt looking good. Is it not advicable to define animations in XML, but do it the hard way in code? stackoverflow.com/questions/27123561/…
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Alex Lockwood over 9 years@Ted It is possible to reference the custom transition above in your XML files because it overrides the
TextSizeTransition(Context, AttributeSet)
constructor. For example, you could reference the custom transition above like this:<transition class="com.package.name.TextSizeTransition" />
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Alex Lockwood over 9 years@Ted I answered your stack overflow question with a bit more detail on why your code doesn't work.
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Ted over 9 yearsThanks for the input, I will try to figure out what you mean, as I am currently not entirely clear on that =)
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Alex Lockwood over 9 years@Ted I linked to a sample project on GitHub in my answer... you can always start with that. :)
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Ted over 9 yearsI did. I only see a bunch of files that seems to be unrelated to each other?
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Alex Lockwood over 9 years@Ted Did you run the application? Not sure what you mean by "they seem unrelated to each other", but the example text size transition in the project works for me when I run it.
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Ted over 9 yearsIf I go the URL, I see activity_main.xml, TransitionActivity.java, and other files listed, no way to download complete project, I see no transition xml files, there is some Python script...?
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Alex Lockwood over 9 years@Ted You can download the project using
git clone https://github.com/alexjlockwood/custom-lollipop-transitions
. Then import it into Android Studio. -
rlay3 about 9 yearsNice solution using the
SharedElementCallback
feature. Something useful to add is that if your shared element is actually a ViewGroup and your TextView is centered inside it, you have to re-layout the TextView inSharedElementCallback.onSharedElementStart
in addition toSharedElementCallback.onSharedElementEnd
. See @AlexLockwood'sEnterSharedElementCallback
example. -
Boy about 8 years@AlexLockwood Thanks for this! The only issue I have is that if the target
TextView
is not centered, the text jumps at the end. (you can reproduce by setting thelayout_gravity
ofend_scene
'sTextView
toleft|center
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Kiryl Tkach over 6 yearsDon't think that this code is correct because of the thrashing font cache. It is told here. This code will create a lot of cache with font size like 15.025 or 17.356, which will be never used in the future. The right way to do this is to swap text with drawable and after animation swap it back. Everything is told in this video.
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Alex Lockwood over 6 years@KirylTkach I updated the post to suggest your solution, as I agree it is the better option.
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NickUnuchek almost 6 yearsyou forgot about
mTransitionSet .setOrdering(TransitionSet.ORDERING_TOGETHER)
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velasco622 about 5 yearsIf you're using a container view to transition your animations in, you can 1) add TextSizeTransition class to your project 2) reference it in your transition xml file (example: github.com/googlesamples/android-unsplash/blob/master/app/src/…) 3)
scene = getSceneForLayout(...)
and use withscene.transition(activity, R.transition.your_transition_file_that_mimics_the_linked_example_in_2), object : TransitionListenerAdapter() {})
3) you might have to re-import some classes in TextSizeTransition if you already migrated to androidx