Slide animation with navigation component

Finally I found the way how to do it.

  1. in a graph, set the animation:

<action
        android:id="@+id/action_DetailsFragment"
        app:enterAnim="@anim/slide_left"
        app:exitAnim="@anim/wait_anim"
        app:popEnterAnim="@anim/wait_anim"
        app:popExitAnim="@anim/slide_right"
        app:destination="@id/detailsFragment" />
  1. Creatie animations:

    slide_left.xml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shareInterpolator="false">
    <translate
        android:duration="300"
        android:fromXDelta="100%"
        android:fromYDelta="0%"
        android:toXDelta="0%"
        android:toYDelta="0%" />
</set>

slide_right.xml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shareInterpolator="false">
    <translate
        android:duration="300"
        android:fromXDelta="0%"
        android:fromYDelta="0%"
        android:toXDelta="100%"
        android:toYDelta="0%" />
</set>

wait_anim.xml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<translate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:duration="300">
</translate>
  1. To make it look better, in DetailsFragment add:

    override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState) ViewCompat.setTranslationZ(getView()!!, 100f) }

  2. You can also add sharedElementTransitions to make your animation more unique.


So far I was ably to improve animation using:

  • SharedElement for some parts of a screen

  • adding alpha to the animation

  • increasing the speed of a slide animation so the "empty space" is not that visible

But still wasn't able to implement "IOS - like" slide animation.