Custom Back Button Animation

Question

The default animation when the Back button is pressed is a slide from left to right. I\'d like to replace that with a custom animation. I\'m currently thinking

Answer 1

Figured it out. I wasn't finshing the current activity. The following code does the trick.

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
  [This Activity].this.finish();
  overridePendingTransition(R.anim.fade_in, R.anim.fade_out);
}