Android Question Switching activities = annoying animation flash

[sorex]

Hello,

I tend to use multi panels which I hide or show based on a menu selection.

Now I was checking out multiple activities which seems usefull as it splits up the code and layout which prevents the usual mess in the other method.

But when I switch from the first activity to another one I see this annoying zoom in animation flash.
When going back to the main activity it doesn't seem to happen.
When going back to the other activity which is created now the flash is there again.

Is this OS depending and can this zoom-in be disabled? (it's a tablet with 4.x on it)

The background also seems to be a black to darkgray gradient even when the activity has no gradient set.

 

[barx]

Hey Sorex,

Any chance you could get a video of this as I'm not 100% sure what your on about. There is a standard activity show animation that is set by the device but this shouldn't 'flash'. Or at least if it has been set by manufacturer to do that then it should be same for all apps.

The only time I have suffered something that sounds similar was when I used a webview and it was indeed the webview that was flashing.

 

[sorex]

it's like you see the last part of a window zooming from some size to full screen.

not sure if I can capture it, I only know how to capture a static screenshot

edit: just had another look, it's like a black line around the gradient that goes away.

 

[barx]

do you see it if you start a blank activity?

 

[sorex]

this is strange, I worked on this at work and when I run that one it's not having issues.

can it be that it only happends on a blank activity?

let me test this, brb

 

[sorex]

seems that I found the issue.

when I dissable the loadlayout it's there again.

I added the project so that you can see what I mean(t)

 

[barx]

Well I can't check the project yet as I'm on my phone and away from pc but if it only appears with a blank activity, is there an issue? Why would you show a blank activity. The idea of activities is to show some user interface....

 

[sorex]

it's not a blank one, I didn't load a layout.

it was my first activity test actually but I kept on coding and didn't notice that it was gone after the layout was loaded.

that first test code was still "running" on my tablet since then that's why my eye fell on it again

 

[klaus]

I tryed your application with and without loadlayout in the game module.
No flashing on my sony xperia z1.

 

[sorex]

Is that also on a 4.x OS, Klaus?

 

[klaus]

Yes Android 4.4.4