How can one know if an activity is started without a transition?

Question

I have a use case where I mostly start an activity with a transition, but that\'s not the case when opening it from the navigation drawer.

To keep the transition smooth

Answer 1

You can try onTransitionStart of TransitionListener to set some boolean isAnimationStarted.

public class SomeActivity extends Activity {

    private boolean isAnimationStarted = false;

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { 
        // ...
        if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
            Transition sharedElementEnterTransition = getWindow().getSharedElementEnterTransition();
            sharedElementEnterTransition.addListener(new Transition.TransitionListener() {
                // ...
                @Override
                public void onTransitionEnd(Transition transition) {
                    doSomeUiUpdating();
                }

                @Override
                public void onTransitionStarted(Transition transition) {
                    isAnimationStarted = true;
                }
            });
        }
    }

    public void onStart() {
        if (!isAnimationStarted) {
            doSomeUiUpdating();
        }
    }

}