Get name of current animation state

Question

How can I get the name of the current state in a layer on my Animator component? I realize that I can compare the name with GetCurrentAnimatorStateInfo(0).IsName("statename") but I don't want to have to run that for each state in my layer. Is it possible to simply get the name of the current state?

Answer 1

I don't think this was possible. The only good solution I can think about is to use switch statement and nameHash like this:

Animator animator = GetComponent<Animator>();

// Get the id of all state for this object
int runId = Animator.StringToHash("Run");
int jumpId = Animator.StringToHash("Jump");

AnimatorStateInfo animStateInfo = animator.GetCurrentAnimatorStateInfo(0);

switch (animStateInfo.nameHash)
{
    case runId:
        Debug.Log("Current state is Run");
        break;
    case jumpId:
        Debug.Log("Current state is Jump");
        break;
    default:
        Debug.Log("Current state is not in this list");
        break;
}

Answer 2

We can get the current playing clip name in the layer using following code

private Animator animator = GetComponent<Animator>();
private AnimatorClipInfo[] clipInfo;

public string GetCurrentClipName(){
    clipInfo = animator.GetCurrentAnimatorClipInfo(0);
    return clipInfo[0].clip.name;
}

Note : This code is tested in unity version 2018.3 so I am not sure if this works on previous version or not.