Android™ Programming Unleashed

Chapter 9. Implementing Drawing and Animation

In This Chapter

• Drawing on the Screen Using Canvas and Paint

• Using Colors

• Drawing Circles, Points, Lines, Paths, Rectangles, Rounded Rectangles, Ovals, and Arcs

• Displaying Bitmaps and Text

• Applying Paint Antialiasing

• Setting Paint Style

• Setting Stroke Width and Cap

• Using Gradients: LinearGradient, RadialGradient, and SweepGradient

• Understanding Frame-by-Frame Animation

• Defining Frame-by-Frame Animation with XML and Program Code

• Understanding Tweening: Alpha, Rotate, Scale, and Translate Animation

• Defining Tweening Animations with XML Resources and Program Code

• Applying Interpolators

Drawings and animations are two important tools that make an application more attractive ...