Rotating image. Animation list or animated rotate? (Android)

Question

I want to create a rotating progress image, and wonder what\'s the best way to proceed. I can make it work with an animation list with for example 12 images changing every 1

Answer 1

Thank @vokilam. This similar solution (a custom view that rotates automatically) uses dynamically in its implementation:

public class FramesAnimatorView extends AppCompatImageView {
    private int framesCount;
    private int duration;
    private Bitmap frameBitmap;

    public FramesAnimatorView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
        init(context, attrs);
    }

    public FramesAnimatorView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        init(context, attrs);
    }

    public FramesAnimatorView(Context context) { super(context); }

    private void init(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        final TypedArray typedArray = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.FramesAnimatorView);
        framesCount = typedArray.getInt(R.styleable.FramesAnimatorView_framesCount, 12);
        duration = typedArray.getInt(R.styleable.FramesAnimatorView_duration, 1200);
        typedArray.recycle();

        // Method 1: Use  as Animation (RotateAnimation) and startAnimation() (Rotate view itself).
        //method1(framesCount, duration);

        // Method 2: Use  as Drawable (RotateDrawable) and ObjectAnimator. Usable for API 21+ (because of using RotateDrawable.setDrawable).
        //method2();

        // Method 3 (Recommended): Use  (AnimationDrawable) dynamically.
        final int frameDuration = this.duration / framesCount;
        final AnimationDrawable animationDrawable = (AnimationDrawable) getDrawable();

        for (int i = 0; i < framesCount; i++)
            animationDrawable.addFrame(
                    new RotatedDrawable(frameBitmap, i * 360f / framesCount, getResources()),
                    frameDuration);

        animationDrawable.start();
    }

    @Override public void setImageResource(int resId) { //info();
        frameBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), resId);
        super.setImageDrawable(new AnimationDrawable());
    }

    @Override public void setImageDrawable(@Nullable Drawable drawable) { //info();
        frameBitmap = drawableToBitmap(drawable);
        super.setImageDrawable(new AnimationDrawable());
    }

    @Override public void setImageBitmap(Bitmap bitmap) { //info();
        frameBitmap = bitmap;
        super.setImageDrawable(new AnimationDrawable());
    }

    /**
     * See @android-developer's answer on stackoverflow.com.
     */
    private static class RotatedDrawable extends BitmapDrawable {
        private final float degrees;
        private int pivotX;
        private int pivotY;

        RotatedDrawable(Bitmap bitmap, float degrees, Resources res) {
            super(res, bitmap);
            pivotX = bitmap.getWidth() / 2;
            pivotY = bitmap.getHeight() / 2;
            this.degrees = degrees;
        }

        @Override public void draw(final Canvas canvas) {
            canvas.save();
            canvas.rotate(degrees, pivotX, pivotY);
            super.draw(canvas);
            canvas.restore();
        }
    }

    /**
     * See @André's answer on stackoverflow.com.
     */
    @NonNull private static Bitmap drawableToBitmap(Drawable drawable) {
        final Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(drawable.getIntrinsicWidth(), drawable.getIntrinsicHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
        final Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
        drawable.setBounds(0, 0, canvas.getWidth(), canvas.getHeight());
        drawable.draw(canvas);
        return bitmap;
    }
}

See Android-FramesAnimatorView on GitHub for full (and probably more updated) source code.