How can I add an animation to the activity finish()

Question

I\'m using overridePendingTransition for when my activity is created and that works fine I can see the fade in works great, but when I try and animate the finish on the acti

Answer 1

Use startActivityForResult to start your child activity and in onActivityResult() of your parent activity:

    @Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if(requestCode==REQUEST_YOUR_ACTIVITY) {
        overridePendingTransition(R.anim.parent_appearing_anim, R.anim.child_dissmissing_anim);
    }
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, arg2);
}