Use the animateLayoutChanges tag in XML to automate transition animations as items are removed from or added to a container
/* * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package app.test; import android.view.View; import android.view.ViewGroup; import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.widget.Button; /** * This application demonstrates how to use the animateLayoutChanges tag in XML to automate * transition animations as items are removed from or added to a container. */ public class Test extends Activity { private int numButtons = 1; /** Called when the activity is first created. */ @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); final ViewGroup horizontalContainer = (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.horizontalContainer); final ViewGroup verticalContainer = (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.verticalContainer); Button addButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.addNewButton); addButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View v) { Button newButton = new Button(Test.this); newButton.setText("Click To Remove " + (numButtons++)); newButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View v) { horizontalContainer.removeView(v); } }); horizontalContainer.addView(newButton, Math.min(1, horizontalContainer.getChildCount())); newButton = new Button(Test.this); newButton.setText("Click To Remove " + (numButtons++)); newButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View v) { verticalContainer.removeView(v); } }); verticalContainer.addView(newButton, Math.min(1, verticalContainer.getChildCount())); } }); } } //main.xml