Windows can only be animated with XML animation resources.  (This is
because the window manager runs in a separate process, so it needs to be
able to load the animations objects itself to run them there.)

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:21 AM, momo <[email protected]> wrote:

> So the solution to adding a new "layer" via WindowManager is pretty simple:
>
> WindowManager.LayoutParams wlp = new WindowManager.LayoutParams();
> // ... position, dimension, ets
> WindowManager wm = (WindowManager) getSystemService("window");
> wm.addView(someView, wlp);
>
> However, I'm unable to apply any programmatic animations to a view added
> in this manner.  WindowManager.LayoutParams accepts animation resources,
> but this is not as flexible as I need.
>
> Is there a trick to using animation to views added to a WindowManager, or
> is this not possible?
>
> TYIA
>
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