Listener for ViewFlipper widget flipping events

Question

I have a ViewFlipper implementation that needs to be improved. This ViewFlipper has three child views. Basically, I want an indicator on which child view is currently active

Answer 1

While this is an old question I found a decent approach that works.

public class MainLaunch extends Activity {

    ... main setup and code

    int currentIndex = 0;
    int maxIndex = 3;

    // set specific animations for the view flipper on showNext
    // only showNext while in valid index
    public void showNext() {
        if( currentIndex < maxIndex )
        {
            currentIndex++;
            viewFlipper.setInAnimation(getBaseContext(), R.anim.slide_in_left);
            viewFlipper.setOutAnimation(getBaseContext(), R.anim.slide_out_right);
            viewFlipper.showNext();
        }
    }

    // set specific animations for the view flipper on showPrevious
    // only showPrevious while in valid index
    public void showPrevious() {
        if( currentIndex > 0 )
        {
            currentIndex--;
            viewFlipper.setInAnimation(getBaseContext(), R.anim.slide_in_right);
            viewFlipper.setOutAnimation(getBaseContext(), R.anim.slide_out_left);
            viewFlipper.showPrevious();
        }
    }

    // get current flipped view
    public View getCurrentView() {
        return viewFlipper.getChildAt(currentIndex);
    }


}

Then to use the ViewFlipper you call showNext() or showPrevious anywhere and can get the currently active view by calling getCurrentView(). This helps in setting different animations for left and right flipping and for easily getting current working views.