New Activity in Android “enter from the side”

Question

What\'s the best way to go to a new activity but make it look like the activity slides to the left and the new activity enters the screen? I am using intents to call the new

Answer 1

Jems is correct. By default, you will get a sliding animation when launching a new intent.

If you are looking for a more custom animation, you can use overridePendingTransition. Keep in mind it was added in API Level 5. See this API demo for sample usage.