How to reset ObjectAnimator to it's initial status?

Question

I want to vibrate a view with scaleX and scaleY, and I am doing it with this code, but the problem is that sometimes the view is not correctly reset, and it shows with the scale applied...

I want that when the animation ends, the view must be seen with its original status always

this is the code:

                ObjectAnimator scaleX = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(view, "scaleX", 1f, 0.9f);
                scaleX.setDuration(50);
                scaleX.setRepeatCount(5);
                scaleX.setRepeatMode(Animation.REVERSE);
                ObjectAnimator scaleY = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(view, "scaleY", 1f, 0.9f);
                scaleY.setDuration(50);     
                scaleY.setRepeatCount(5);
                scaleY.setRepeatMode(Animation.REVERSE);
                set.play(scaleX).with(scaleY);
                set.start();

Thanks

Answer 1

For ValueAnimator and ObjectAnimator can be like this a try:

animator.addListener(new AnimatorListenerAdapter() {
    @Override
    public void onAnimationEnd(Animator animation) {
        animation.removeListener(this);
        animation.setDuration(0);
        ((ValueAnimator) animation).reverse();
    }
});

UPDATE On Android 7 it doesn't work. Best way use the interpolator.

public class ReverseInterpolator implements Interpolator {

    private final Interpolator delegate;

    public ReverseInterpolator(Interpolator delegate){
        this.delegate = delegate;
    }

    public ReverseInterpolator(){
        this(new LinearInterpolator());
    }

    @Override
    public float getInterpolation(float input) {
        return 1 - delegate.getInterpolation(input);
    }
}

In your code

animator.addListener(new AnimatorListenerAdapter() {
        @Override
        public void onAnimationEnd(Animator animation) {
            animation.removeListener(this);
            animation.setDuration(0);
            animation.setInterpolator(new ReverseInterpolator());
            animation.start();
        }
});

Answer 2

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According to the docs(Property Animation):

The property animation system can animate Views on the screen by changing the actual properties in the View objects. In addition, Views also automatically call the invalidate() method to refresh the screen whenever its properties are changed.

so you can use AnimatorListener to listen the animation event, then just reset the view property you animate. let's say cancel event and scaleX property:

scaleAnimator.setListener(new AnimatorListenerAdapter() {
    @Override
    public void onAnimationCancel(Animator animation) {
        scaleView.setScaleX(0)
    }
});

Hope this can help a bit.