Start a new activity with no transition animation in android 1.6

Question

I am aware that from API level 5 it is possible to specify a flag in the intent to prevent the normal animation being applied when I start a new activity:

myIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);

However, my question is: is there a way to achieve the same thing in an app supporting android 1.6?

Answer 1

On the newer versions, you want to override the transition with 0,0 shortly after you start the activity:

Intent i = new Intent(this, YourNewActivity.class); 
startActivity(i);
overridePendingTransition(0,0);

I tried this on 2.1 and 4.0.3, it worked for me. =)

I found it in the docs here

Answer 2

Use this: getWindow().setWindowAnimations(0); within the Activity that is starting.

Answer 3

This solution worked for me (Android 2.2):

Intent intent = new Intent(getContext(), YourClass.class);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
getContext().startActivity(intent);