52. A MotionLayout KeyCycle Tutorial

The previous chapters introduced and demonstrated the concepts of integrating animation into Android app user interfaces using the MotionLayout container combined with the features of the Android Studio MotionLayout editor. The chapter entitled “An Introduction to MotionLayout” briefly mentioned the cycle (KeyCycle) and time cycle (KeyTimeCycle) key frames and explained how these can be used to implement animations involving large numbers of repetitive state changes.

This chapter will cover cycle key frames in more detail before demonstrating how to make use of them in an example project using Android Studio and the Cycle Editor.

52.1 An Overview of Cycle Keyframes

Clearly, position keyframes can be used ...

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