How to animate fragment removal

Question

I want to animate the removal of fragment.

I tried:

getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()     .setCustomAnimations(R.anim.push_down_in, R.anim.push_up_out)     .remove(myFragment)     .commit(); 

but the fragment just disappears.

I noticed the out animation only plays with 'replace', so I tried to replace the fragment with an empty Fragment like this:

getSupportFragmentManager()     .beginTransaction()     .setCustomAnimations(R.anim.push_down_in, R.anim.push_up_out)     .replace(viewId, new Fragment()) .commit(); 

But it still just disappears disappears.

So, how can I animate the removal of fragment?

Answer 1

I saw this when I was having similar problems and just thought Id drop a quick note.

Rather than creating a dummy fragment in order to replace the existing one I think you should animate the current fragments view. When the animation finishes you can simply remove the fragment.

This is how i did it:

final FragmentActivity a = getSherlockActivity();  if (a != null) {     //Your animation     Animation animation = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(a, R.anim.bottom_out);     animation.setDuration(getResources().getInteger(android.R.integer.config_shortAnimTime));      //You can use AnimationListener, MagicAnimationListener is simply a class extending it.     animation.setAnimationListener(new MagicAnimationListener() {         @Override         public void onAnimationEnd(Animation animation) {             //This is the key, when the animation is finished, remove the fragment.             try {                 FragmentTransaction ft = a.getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();                 ft.remove(RestTimerFragment.this);                 ft.commitAllowingStateLoss();             } catch (Exception e) {                 e.printStackTrace();             }         }     });      //Start the animation.       getView().startAnimation(animation); }