Android APIs
public class

PropertyValuesHolder

extends Object
implements Cloneable
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.animation.PropertyValuesHolder

Class Overview

This class holds information about a property and the values that that property should take on during an animation. PropertyValuesHolder objects can be used to create animations with ValueAnimator or ObjectAnimator that operate on several different properties in parallel.

Summary

Public Methods
PropertyValuesHolder clone()
Creates and returns a copy of this Object.
String getPropertyName()
Gets the name of the property that will be animated.
static PropertyValuesHolder ofFloat(String propertyName, float... values)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property name and set of float values.
static PropertyValuesHolder ofFloat(Property<?, Float> property, float... values)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property and set of float values.
static PropertyValuesHolder ofInt(Property<?, Integer> property, int... values)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property and set of int values.
static PropertyValuesHolder ofInt(String propertyName, int... values)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property name and set of int values.
static PropertyValuesHolder ofKeyframe(String propertyName, Keyframe... values)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder object with the specified property name and set of values.
static PropertyValuesHolder ofKeyframe(Property property, Keyframe... values)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder object with the specified property and set of values.
static PropertyValuesHolder ofMultiFloat(String propertyName, Path path)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property name to use as a multi-float setter.
static <V> PropertyValuesHolder ofMultiFloat(String propertyName, TypeConverter<V, float[]> converter, TypeEvaluator<V> evaluator, V... values)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property and set of Object values for use with ObjectAnimator multi-value setters.
static <T> PropertyValuesHolder ofMultiFloat(String propertyName, TypeConverter<T, float[]> converter, TypeEvaluator<T> evaluator, Keyframe... values)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder object with the specified property name or setter name for use in a multi-float setter function using ObjectAnimator.
static PropertyValuesHolder ofMultiFloat(String propertyName, float[][] values)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property name and set of float[] values.
static PropertyValuesHolder ofMultiInt(String propertyName, Path path)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property name to use as a multi-int setter.
static <T> PropertyValuesHolder ofMultiInt(String propertyName, TypeConverter<T, int[]> converter, TypeEvaluator<T> evaluator, Keyframe... values)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder object with the specified property name or setter name for use in a multi-int setter function using ObjectAnimator.
static <V> PropertyValuesHolder ofMultiInt(String propertyName, TypeConverter<V, int[]> converter, TypeEvaluator<V> evaluator, V... values)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property and set of Object values for use with ObjectAnimator multi-value setters.
static PropertyValuesHolder ofMultiInt(String propertyName, int[][] values)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property name and set of int[] values.
static <V> PropertyValuesHolder ofObject(Property<?, V> property, TypeConverter<PointF, V> converter, Path path)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property and a Path along which the values should be animated.
static PropertyValuesHolder ofObject(String propertyName, TypeConverter<PointF, ?> converter, Path path)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property name and a Path along which the values should be animated.
static <V> PropertyValuesHolder ofObject(Property property, TypeEvaluator<V> evaluator, V... values)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property and set of Object values.
static PropertyValuesHolder ofObject(String propertyName, TypeEvaluator evaluator, Object... values)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property name and set of Object values.
static <T, V> PropertyValuesHolder ofObject(Property<?, V> property, TypeConverter<T, V> converter, TypeEvaluator<T> evaluator, T... values)
Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property and set of Object values.
void setConverter(TypeConverter converter)
Sets the converter to convert from the values type to the setter's parameter type.
void setEvaluator(TypeEvaluator evaluator)
The TypeEvaluator will be automatically determined based on the type of values supplied to PropertyValuesHolder.
void setFloatValues(float... values)
Set the animated values for this object to this set of floats.
void setIntValues(int... values)
Set the animated values for this object to this set of ints.
void setKeyframes(Keyframe... values)
Set the animated values for this object to this set of Keyframes.
void setObjectValues(Object... values)
Set the animated values for this object to this set of Objects.
void setProperty(Property property)
Sets the property that will be animated.
void setPropertyName(String propertyName)
Sets the name of the property that will be animated.
String toString()
Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Public Methods

public PropertyValuesHolder clone ()

Added in API level 11

Creates and returns a copy of this Object. The default implementation returns a so-called "shallow" copy: It creates a new instance of the same class and then copies the field values (including object references) from this instance to the new instance. A "deep" copy, in contrast, would also recursively clone nested objects. A subclass that needs to implement this kind of cloning should call super.clone() to create the new instance and then create deep copies of the nested, mutable objects.

Returns
  • a copy of this object.

public String getPropertyName ()

Added in API level 11

Gets the name of the property that will be animated. This name will be used to derive a setter function that will be called to set animated values. For example, a property name of foo will result in a call to the function setFoo() on the target object. If either valueFrom or valueTo is null, then a getter function will also be derived and called.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofFloat (String propertyName, float... values)

Added in API level 11

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property name and set of float values.

Parameters
propertyName The name of the property being animated.
values The values that the named property will animate between.
Returns
  • PropertyValuesHolder The constructed PropertyValuesHolder object.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofFloat (Property<?, Float> property, float... values)

Added in API level 14

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property and set of float values.

Parameters
property The property being animated. Should not be null.
values The values that the property will animate between.
Returns
  • PropertyValuesHolder The constructed PropertyValuesHolder object.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofInt (Property<?, Integer> property, int... values)

Added in API level 14

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property and set of int values.

Parameters
property The property being animated. Should not be null.
values The values that the property will animate between.
Returns
  • PropertyValuesHolder The constructed PropertyValuesHolder object.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofInt (String propertyName, int... values)

Added in API level 11

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property name and set of int values.

Parameters
propertyName The name of the property being animated.
values The values that the named property will animate between.
Returns
  • PropertyValuesHolder The constructed PropertyValuesHolder object.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofKeyframe (String propertyName, Keyframe... values)

Added in API level 11

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder object with the specified property name and set of values. These values can be of any type, but the type should be consistent so that an appropriate TypeEvaluator can be found that matches the common type.

If there is only one value, it is assumed to be the end value of an animation, and an initial value will be derived, if possible, by calling a getter function on the object. Also, if any value is null, the value will be filled in when the animation starts in the same way. This mechanism of automatically getting null values only works if the PropertyValuesHolder object is used in conjunction ObjectAnimator, and with a getter function derived automatically from propertyName, since otherwise PropertyValuesHolder has no way of determining what the value should be.

Parameters
propertyName The name of the property associated with this set of values. This can be the actual property name to be used when using a ObjectAnimator object, or just a name used to get animated values, such as if this object is used with an ValueAnimator object.
values The set of values to animate between.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofKeyframe (Property property, Keyframe... values)

Added in API level 14

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder object with the specified property and set of values. These values can be of any type, but the type should be consistent so that an appropriate TypeEvaluator can be found that matches the common type.

If there is only one value, it is assumed to be the end value of an animation, and an initial value will be derived, if possible, by calling the property's get(Object) function. Also, if any value is null, the value will be filled in when the animation starts in the same way. This mechanism of automatically getting null values only works if the PropertyValuesHolder object is used in conjunction with ObjectAnimator, since otherwise PropertyValuesHolder has no way of determining what the value should be.

Parameters
property The property associated with this set of values. Should not be null.
values The set of values to animate between.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofMultiFloat (String propertyName, Path path)

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property name to use as a multi-float setter. The values are animated along the path, with the first parameter of the setter set to the x coordinate and the second set to the y coordinate.

Parameters
propertyName The name of the property being animated. Can also be the case-sensitive name of the entire setter method. Should not be null. The setter must take exactly two float parameters.
path The Path along which the values should be animated.
Returns
  • PropertyValuesHolder The constructed PropertyValuesHolder object.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofMultiFloat (String propertyName, TypeConverter<V, float[]> converter, TypeEvaluator<V> evaluator, V... values)

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property and set of Object values for use with ObjectAnimator multi-value setters. The Object values are converted to float[] using the converter.

Parameters
propertyName The property being animated or complete name of the setter. Should not be null.
converter Used to convert the animated value to setter parameters.
evaluator A TypeEvaluator that will be called on each animation frame to provide the necessary interpolation between the Object values to derive the animated value.
values The values that the property will animate between.
Returns
  • PropertyValuesHolder The constructed PropertyValuesHolder object.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofMultiFloat (String propertyName, TypeConverter<T, float[]> converter, TypeEvaluator<T> evaluator, Keyframe... values)

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder object with the specified property name or setter name for use in a multi-float setter function using ObjectAnimator. The values can be of any type, but the type should be consistent so that the supplied TypeEvaluator can be used to to evaluate the animated value. The converter converts the values to parameters in the setter function.

At least two values must be supplied, a start and an end value.

Parameters
propertyName The name of the property to associate with the set of values. This may also be the complete name of a setter function.
converter Converts values into float parameters for the setter. Can be null if the Keyframes have float[] values.
evaluator Used to interpolate between values.
values The values at specific fractional times to evaluate between
Returns
  • A PropertyValuesHolder for a multi-float parameter setter.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofMultiFloat (String propertyName, float[][] values)

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property name and set of float[] values. At least two float[] values must be supplied, a start and end value. If more values are supplied, the values will be animated from the start, through all intermediate values to the end value. When used with ObjectAnimator, the elements of the array represent the parameters of the setter function.

Parameters
propertyName The name of the property being animated. Can also be the case-sensitive name of the entire setter method. Should not be null.
values The values that the property will animate between.
Returns
  • PropertyValuesHolder The constructed PropertyValuesHolder object.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofMultiInt (String propertyName, Path path)

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property name to use as a multi-int setter. The values are animated along the path, with the first parameter of the setter set to the x coordinate and the second set to the y coordinate.

Parameters
propertyName The name of the property being animated. Can also be the case-sensitive name of the entire setter method. Should not be null. The setter must take exactly two int parameters.
path The Path along which the values should be animated.
Returns
  • PropertyValuesHolder The constructed PropertyValuesHolder object.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofMultiInt (String propertyName, TypeConverter<T, int[]> converter, TypeEvaluator<T> evaluator, Keyframe... values)

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder object with the specified property name or setter name for use in a multi-int setter function using ObjectAnimator. The values can be of any type, but the type should be consistent so that the supplied TypeEvaluator can be used to to evaluate the animated value. The converter converts the values to parameters in the setter function.

At least two values must be supplied, a start and an end value.

Parameters
propertyName The name of the property to associate with the set of values. This may also be the complete name of a setter function.
converter Converts values into int parameters for the setter. Can be null if the Keyframes have int[] values.
evaluator Used to interpolate between values.
values The values at specific fractional times to evaluate between
Returns
  • A PropertyValuesHolder for a multi-int parameter setter.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofMultiInt (String propertyName, TypeConverter<V, int[]> converter, TypeEvaluator<V> evaluator, V... values)

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property and set of Object values for use with ObjectAnimator multi-value setters. The Object values are converted to int[] using the converter.

Parameters
propertyName The property being animated or complete name of the setter. Should not be null.
converter Used to convert the animated value to setter parameters.
evaluator A TypeEvaluator that will be called on each animation frame to provide the necessary interpolation between the Object values to derive the animated value.
values The values that the property will animate between.
Returns
  • PropertyValuesHolder The constructed PropertyValuesHolder object.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofMultiInt (String propertyName, int[][] values)

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property name and set of int[] values. At least two int[] values must be supplied, a start and end value. If more values are supplied, the values will be animated from the start, through all intermediate values to the end value. When used with ObjectAnimator, the elements of the array represent the parameters of the setter function.

Parameters
propertyName The name of the property being animated. Can also be the case-sensitive name of the entire setter method. Should not be null.
values The values that the property will animate between.
Returns
  • PropertyValuesHolder The constructed PropertyValuesHolder object.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofObject (Property<?, V> property, TypeConverter<PointF, V> converter, Path path)

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property and a Path along which the values should be animated. This variant supports a TypeConverter to convert from PointF to the target type.

Parameters
property The property being animated. Should not be null.
converter Converts a PointF to the type associated with the setter. May be null if conversion is unnecessary.
path The Path along which the values should be animated.
Returns
  • PropertyValuesHolder The constructed PropertyValuesHolder object.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofObject (String propertyName, TypeConverter<PointF, ?> converter, Path path)

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property name and a Path along which the values should be animated. This variant supports a TypeConverter to convert from PointF to the target type.

Parameters
propertyName The name of the property being animated.
converter Converts a PointF to the type associated with the setter. May be null if conversion is unnecessary.
path The Path along which the values should be animated.
Returns
  • PropertyValuesHolder The constructed PropertyValuesHolder object.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofObject (Property property, TypeEvaluator<V> evaluator, V... values)

Added in API level 14

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property and set of Object values. This variant also takes a TypeEvaluator because the system cannot automatically interpolate between objects of unknown type.

Parameters
property The property being animated. Should not be null.
evaluator A TypeEvaluator that will be called on each animation frame to provide the necessary interpolation between the Object values to derive the animated value.
values The values that the property will animate between.
Returns
  • PropertyValuesHolder The constructed PropertyValuesHolder object.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofObject (String propertyName, TypeEvaluator evaluator, Object... values)

Added in API level 11

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property name and set of Object values. This variant also takes a TypeEvaluator because the system cannot automatically interpolate between objects of unknown type.

Parameters
propertyName The name of the property being animated.
evaluator A TypeEvaluator that will be called on each animation frame to provide the necessary interpolation between the Object values to derive the animated value.
values The values that the named property will animate between.
Returns
  • PropertyValuesHolder The constructed PropertyValuesHolder object.

public static PropertyValuesHolder ofObject (Property<?, V> property, TypeConverter<T, V> converter, TypeEvaluator<T> evaluator, T... values)

Constructs and returns a PropertyValuesHolder with a given property and set of Object values. This variant also takes a TypeEvaluator because the system cannot automatically interpolate between objects of unknown type. This variant also takes a TypeConverter to convert from animated values to the type of the property. If only one value is supplied, the TypeConverter must be a BidirectionalTypeConverter to retrieve the current value.

Parameters
property The property being animated. Should not be null.
converter Converts the animated object to the Property type.
evaluator A TypeEvaluator that will be called on each animation frame to provide the necessary interpolation between the Object values to derive the animated value.
values The values that the property will animate between.
Returns
  • PropertyValuesHolder The constructed PropertyValuesHolder object.

public void setConverter (TypeConverter converter)

Sets the converter to convert from the values type to the setter's parameter type. If only one value is supplied, converter must be a BidirectionalTypeConverter.

Parameters
converter The converter to use to convert values.

public void setEvaluator (TypeEvaluator evaluator)

Added in API level 11

The TypeEvaluator will be automatically determined based on the type of values supplied to PropertyValuesHolder. The evaluator can be manually set, however, if so desired. This may be important in cases where either the type of the values supplied do not match the way that they should be interpolated between, or if the values are of a custom type or one not currently understood by the animation system. Currently, only values of type float and int (and their Object equivalents: Float and Integer) are correctly interpolated; all other types require setting a TypeEvaluator.

public void setFloatValues (float... values)

Added in API level 11

Set the animated values for this object to this set of floats. If there is only one value, it is assumed to be the end value of an animation, and an initial value will be derived, if possible, by calling a getter function on the object. Also, if any value is null, the value will be filled in when the animation starts in the same way. This mechanism of automatically getting null values only works if the PropertyValuesHolder object is used in conjunction ObjectAnimator, and with a getter function derived automatically from propertyName, since otherwise PropertyValuesHolder has no way of determining what the value should be.

Parameters
values One or more values that the animation will animate between.

public void setIntValues (int... values)

Added in API level 11

Set the animated values for this object to this set of ints. If there is only one value, it is assumed to be the end value of an animation, and an initial value will be derived, if possible, by calling a getter function on the object. Also, if any value is null, the value will be filled in when the animation starts in the same way. This mechanism of automatically getting null values only works if the PropertyValuesHolder object is used in conjunction ObjectAnimator, and with a getter function derived automatically from propertyName, since otherwise PropertyValuesHolder has no way of determining what the value should be.

Parameters
values One or more values that the animation will animate between.

public void setKeyframes (Keyframe... values)

Added in API level 11

Set the animated values for this object to this set of Keyframes.

Parameters
values One or more values that the animation will animate between.

public void setObjectValues (Object... values)

Added in API level 11

Set the animated values for this object to this set of Objects. If there is only one value, it is assumed to be the end value of an animation, and an initial value will be derived, if possible, by calling a getter function on the object. Also, if any value is null, the value will be filled in when the animation starts in the same way. This mechanism of automatically getting null values only works if the PropertyValuesHolder object is used in conjunction ObjectAnimator, and with a getter function derived automatically from propertyName, since otherwise PropertyValuesHolder has no way of determining what the value should be.

Parameters
values One or more values that the animation will animate between.

public void setProperty (Property property)

Added in API level 14

Sets the property that will be animated.

Note that if this PropertyValuesHolder object is used with ObjectAnimator, the property must exist on the target object specified in that ObjectAnimator.

Parameters
property The property being animated.

public void setPropertyName (String propertyName)

Added in API level 11

Sets the name of the property that will be animated. This name is used to derive a setter function that will be called to set animated values. For example, a property name of foo will result in a call to the function setFoo() on the target object. If either valueFrom or valueTo is null, then a getter function will also be derived and called.

Note that the setter function derived from this property name must take the same parameter type as the valueFrom and valueTo properties, otherwise the call to the setter function will fail.

Parameters
propertyName The name of the property being animated.

public String toString ()

Added in API level 11

Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object. Subclasses are encouraged to override this method and provide an implementation that takes into account the object's type and data. The default implementation is equivalent to the following expression:

   getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())

See Writing a useful toString method if you intend implementing your own toString method.

Returns
  • a printable representation of this object.