core/java/android/view/animation/AlphaAnimation.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006 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
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package android.view.animation;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.TypedArray;
import android.util.AttributeSet;

/**
 * An animation that controls the alpha level of an object.
 * Useful for fading things in and out. This animation ends up
 * changing the alpha property of a {@link Transformation}
 *
 */
public class AlphaAnimation extends Animation {
    private float mFromAlpha;
    private float mToAlpha;

    /**
     * Constructor used when an AlphaAnimation is loaded from a resource. 
     * 
     * @param context Application context to use
     * @param attrs Attribute set from which to read values
     */
    public AlphaAnimation(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        
        TypedArray a =
            context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, com.android.internal.R.styleable.AlphaAnimation);
        
        mFromAlpha = a.getFloat(com.android.internal.R.styleable.AlphaAnimation_fromAlpha, 1.0f);
        mToAlpha = a.getFloat(com.android.internal.R.styleable.AlphaAnimation_toAlpha, 1.0f);
        
        a.recycle();
    }
    
    /**
     * Constructor to use when building an AlphaAnimation from code
     * 
     * @param fromAlpha Starting alpha value for the animation, where 1.0 means
     *        fully opaque and 0.0 means fully transparent.
     * @param toAlpha Ending alpha value for the animation.
     */
    public AlphaAnimation(float fromAlpha, float toAlpha) {
        mFromAlpha = fromAlpha;
        mToAlpha = toAlpha;
    }
    
    /**
     * Changes the alpha property of the supplied {@link Transformation}
     */
    @Override
    protected void applyTransformation(float interpolatedTime, Transformation t) {
        final float alpha = mFromAlpha;
        t.setAlpha(alpha + ((mToAlpha - alpha) * interpolatedTime));
    }

    @Override
    public boolean willChangeTransformationMatrix() {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean willChangeBounds() {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * @hide
     */
    @Override
    public boolean hasAlpha() {
        return true;
    }
}