Tumbleweed is a fork of Universal-Tween-Engine by Aurelien Ribon. To quote the parent project:

allows you to create smooth interpolations on every attribute from every object in your projects

Tumbleweed comes with few changes and differences:

• decreased mutation of Tweens and Timelines (split definition and execution of tweens)
• encapsulated interpolation by introducing specific type (TweenType<T>)
• removed pooling (a constant source of unexpected behaviour)
• fixed Circ.IN equation
• standalone module targeted on Android with a set of available TweenManagers for a View, Drawable and Handler; a set of predefined interpolated types: color, alpha, translation, scale, rotation, etc; a TweenInterpolator bridge in order to use equations with native Android Animation and Animator
• some utility methods and helpers

// base java module
implementation 'io.noties:tumbleweed:${tumbleweed_version}'

// android module
implementation 'io.noties:tumbleweed-android:${tumbleweed_version}'

// kotlin extensions for android module
implementation 'io.noties:tumbleweed-android-kt:${tumbleweed_version}'

All modules have no external dependencies except for support-annotations

!!! Important notice for 2.0.0 version

Package name changed from ru.noties.tumbleweed.* to io.noties.tumbleweed.* (regular find-n-replace can be used)

Maven artifact group-id change to io.noties

Usage

The API is pretty much the same:

final View view = findViewById(R.id.view);
Tween.to(view, Translation.XY, 2.F)
        .target(0, 0)
        .ease(Cubic.INOUT)
        .start(ViewTweenManager.get(view));

Here Translation.XY is a predefined TweenType<View> (found in io.noties.tumbleweed.android.types.* package) that applies translation X and Y.

Cubic.INOUT is predefined equation (found in io.noties.tumbleweed.equations.*)

Please note that all durations are measured in seconds, so 2.F is 2 seconds

final View view = findViewById(R.id.view);
Timeline.createParallel()
        .push(Tween.to(view, Alpha.VIEW, 2.F).target(.0F))
        .push(Tween.to(view, Scale.XY, 2.F).target(.5F, .5F))
        .start(ViewTweenManager.get(view));

With tumbleweed-android-kt Kotlin module the following usage is possible:

val view = findViewById<View>(R.id.view)

// `view.tweenManager` is an extension property for a view
// `startWhenReady` is an extension method to start configured tween 
//      when associated view has dimensions
view.tweenManager.startWhenReady {

    // `this` is ViewTweenManager
    this.killAll()

    /*return */Timeline.createSequence()
            // `then` extension method to push nested configured timeline
            // `0.75F` is the default duration for tweens without duration specified
            .then(Timeline.createParallel(0.75F)) {
                // `with` extension method to configure tweens for a single target
                with(view) {
                    to(Rotation.I).target(0.0F).ease(Bounce.OUT)
                    to(Argb.BACKGROUND).target(*Color.RED.toArgbArray())
                }
                // View has `tween` extension that expands to `Tween.to(view, /**/)`
                push(view.tween(Alpha.VIEW).target(1.0F))
            }
            // repeat endlessly with 1 second delay between repeats
            .repeat(-1, 1.0F)
}

Android predefined TweenTypes

io.noties.tumbleweed.android.types.*:

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• Alpha.VIEW (applies alpha to a View: view.setAlpha(..)). Range: 0.0-1.0
• Alpha.DRAWABLE (drawable.setAlpha(..), available for devices running KITKAT and up) Range: 0.0-1.0
• Alpha.PAINT (paint.setAlpha(..)). Range: 0.0-1.0

---

• Argb.BACKGROUND (view.setBackgroundColor(..))
• Argb.PAINT (paint.setColor(..))
• Argb.TEXT_COLOR (textView.setTextColor(..))
• Argb.STATUS_BAR (window.setStatusBarColor(..), available for devices running Lollipop and up)
• Argb.COLOR_DRAWABLE (colorDrawable.setColor(..))

Argb also can be subclassed:

public class MyObjectArgb extends Argb<MyObject> {
    @Override
    protected int getColor(@NonNull MyObject myObject) {
        return myObject.getColor();
    }

    @Override
    protected void setColor(@NonNull MyObject myObject, int color) {
        myObject.setColor(color);
    }
}

Tween.to(myObject, new MyObjectArgb(), 2.F)
        .target(Argb.toArray(0xFFff0000))
        .start();

Please note that target color must be destructed to float[4] (argb values are interpolated individually). You can do it by calling: Argb.toArray(int) and Argb.toArray(int, float[])

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• Elevation.I (view.setElevation(), available for devices with Lollipop with up)

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• Graphics.RECT (interpolates left, top, right and bottom of a Rect)
• Graphics.RECT_F (interpolates left, top, right and bottom of a RectF)
• Graphics.POINT (interpolates x and y of a Point)
• Graphics.POINT_F (interpolates x and y of a PointF)

There is also special Graphics.points(List<PointF>) that creates interpolation for arbitrary list of PointF.

To receive a notification when rect or point have changed, the action method can be used:

final View view = getView(); // obtain some view
final int width = view.getWidth();
final int height = view.getHeight();

final Rect start = new Rect(0, 0, width, height);
final Rect target;
{
    final int targetSide = Math.min(width, height) / 2;
    final int left = (width - targetSide) / 2;
    final int top = (height - targetSide) / 2;
    target = new Rect(left, top, left + targetSide, top + targetSide);
}

Tween.to(start, Graphics.RECT, 2.F)
        .target(target)
        .action(view::setClipBounds)
        .start(ViewTweenManager.create(view));

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• Pivot.X (view.setPivotX(..))
• Pivot.Y (view.setPivotY(..))
• Pivot.XY (view.setPivotX(..), view.setPivotY(..))

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• Position.X (view.setX(..))
• Position.Y (view.setY(..))
• Position.Z (view.setZ(..), available for devices running Lollipop and up)
• Position.XY (view.setX(..), view.setY(..))
• Position.XYZ (view.setX(..), view.setY(..), view.setZ(..), available for devices running Lollipop and up)

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• Rotation.I (view.setRotation(..))
• Rotation.X (view.setRotationX(..))
• Rotation.Y (view.setRotationY(..))
• Rotation.XY (view.setRotationX(..), view.setRotationY(..))

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• Scale.X (view.setScaleX(..))
• Scale.Y (view.setScaleY(..))
• Scale.XY (view.setScaleX(..), view.setScaleY(..))

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• Scroll.X (view.setScrollX(..))
• Scroll.Y (view.setScrollY(..))
• Scroll.XY (view.setScrollX(..), view.setScrollY(..))

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• Translation.X (view.setTranslationX(..))
• Translation.Y (view.setTranslationY(..))
• Translation.Z (view.setTranslationZ(..) available for devices running Lollipop and up)
• Translation.XY (view.setTranslationX(..), view.setTranslationY(..))
• Translation.XYZ (view.setTranslationX(..), view.setTranslationY(..) and view.setTransaltionZ(..) available for devices running Lollipop and up)

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These are just helpers and provided for faster iterations. They all implement the base TweenType<T> interface that is used by Tween:

public interface TweenType<T> {

    int getValuesSize();

    void getValues(@NonNull T t, @NonNull float[] values);

    void setValues(@NonNull T t, @NonNull float[] values);
}

For example in case of Translation.XY:

@NonNull
public static final Translation XY = new TweenType<View>() {
    @Override
    public int getValuesSize() {
        // we are interpolating x and y, so it's 2
        //
        // `getValues` and `setValues` methods will be called
        // with an array of the returned size
        return 2;
    }

    @Override
    public void getValues(@NonNull View view, @NonNull float[] values) {
        values[0] = view.getTranslationX();
        values[1] = view.getTranslationY();
    }

    @Override
    public void setValues(@NonNull View view, @NonNull float[] values) {
        view.setTranslationX(values[0]);
        view.setTranslationY(values[1]);
    }
};

Android TweenManagers

ViewTweenManager

ViewTweenManager attaches to View draw cycle and invalidates it via view.postInvalidateOnAnimation(). It will be automatically disposed when a View to which it is attached to is detached from a window.

To obtain a ViewTweenManager call:

ViewTweenManager.get(view);

Normally you would want to ensure that a view has only one instance of a ViewTweenManager. Since version 2.0.0 ViewTweenManager does it automatically by caching created instance with View.setTag(int, Object) call.

Timeline.createSequence()
        .push(Tween.to(view, Scale.XY, 0.4F).target(0.25F, 0.25F))
        .push(Tween.to(view, Scale.XY, 0.4F).target(1.0F, 1.0F))
        .start(ViewTweenManager.get(view));

ViewTweenManager will be automatically disposed when view is detached from a window.

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DrawableTweenManager

DrawableTweenManager can be used with a Drawable (sample application heavily uses it).

To obtain an instance:

• DrawableTweenManager.create(Drawable)
• DrawableTweenManager.create(Drawable, float) - the second argument is update interval (FPS), default one is: 1.F / 60 (all durations are in seconds), so equals to 60 frames per second.

In order to function correctly Drawable must be attached to a View or have manually set Drawable.Callback (internally uses invalidateSelf() and scheduleSelf())

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HandlerTweenManager

HandlerTweenManager uses Handler as a dispatcher for update calls.

To obtain an instance:

• HandlerTweenManager.create() - creates an instance with main thread Looper and 60 updates per second (60 FPS)
• HandlerTweenManager.create(float) - creates an instance with main thread Looper and specified update interval (in seconds, so 1.F / 60 would be equal to 60 FPS)
• HandlerTweenManager.create(float, Handler) - creates an instance with specified Handler and update interval (in seconds)

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AnimatorTweenManager

In 2.0.0 version AnimatorTweenManager is added. It lets using Tumbleweed animations in Android-native way (for example in custom transitions):

@Override
public Animator createAnimator(ViewGroup sceneRoot, TransitionValues startValues, TransitionValues endValues) {

    /*obtain transition values, validate their presence*/

    final View v = endValues.view;

    final AnimatorTweenManager tweenManager = AnimatorTweenManager.create();

    Timeline.createSequence()
            .push(Tween.to(v, Rotation.I, .25F).target(360))
            .push(Tween.to(v, Scale.XY, .25F).target(.5F, .5F))
            .push(Tween.to(v, Scale.XY, .25F).target(1, 1))
            .start(tweenManager);

    return tweenManager.animator();
}

Android Kotlin extensions

View

// obtain a ViewTweenManager
view.tweenManager // => ViewTweenManager.get(view)

// Tween.to(view, Alpha.VIEW, 0.25F)
view.tween(Alpha.VIEW, 0.25F)

// Tween.to(view, Alpha.VIEW), NB duration must be set explicitly
// via `duration(float)` method
view.tween(Alpha.VIEW)

// execute when view has dimensions
// will check if dimensions are present or register a OnPreDrawListener
view.whenReady {
    view.width
}

// calculate position of a view relative to its parent
val point = view.relativeTo(parent)

Drawable

// create an instance of DrawableTweenManager
drawable.tweenManager() // => DrawableTweenManager.create()

// create an instance of DrawableTweenManager with
// specified update interval in seconds
drawable.tweenManager(1.0F / 120.0F)

// Tween.to(drawable, Alpha.DRAWABLE, 0.25F)
drawable.tween(Alpha.DRAWABLE, 0.25F)

// Tween.to(drawable, Alpha.DRAWABLE), NB to set duration
// explicitly via `duration(float)` method
drawable.tween(Alpha.DRAWABLE)

// apply intrinsic bounds 
drawable.applyIntrinsicBounds()

// apply intrinsic bounds if current bounds are empty 
drawable.applyIntrinsicBoundsIfEmpty()

TweenManager

// all tween managers
view.tweenManager.start { 
    Tween.to(view, Rotation.I, 0.4F).target(180.0F)
}

// view-tween-manager only
// start only after associated view has dimensions
view.tweenManager.startWhenReady { 
    Tween.to(view, Translation.Y, 0.75F).target(view.height / 2.0F)
}

Timeline

Timeline.createParallel()
        // push nested timeline
        .then(Timeline.createSequence()) {
            push(Tween.to(view, Pivot.XY).target(0F, 0F))
            push(Tween.to(view, Scale.XY).target(0.5F, 0.5F))
        }
        // configure tweens for a single target
        .with(view) {
            to(Pivot.XY).target(0F, 0F)
            to(Scale.XY).target(0.5F, 0.5F)
        }

Callbacks

Both Tween and Timeline has extensions for simplified callbacks addition:

• onBegin - once tween has started (called only once)
• onStart - once tween started and on each repetition start
• onEnd - once tween completed and on each completion of repetition
• onComplete - once tween has completed (called only once)

Tween.to(view, Alpha.VIEW, 0.5F)
        .onBegin {
            // tween started
        }
        .onComplete {
            // tween completed
        }

Duration

// Long: convert milliseconds to float seconds
1000L.toFloatSeconds() // => 1.0F

// Int: convert milliseconds to float seconds
450.toFloatSeconds() // => 0.45F

Argb

val color = Color.RED

// convert Int color to Argb array
color.toArgbArray()

// can be used like this:
// notice the _spread_ operator
Tween.to(view, Argb.BACKGROUND, 0.25F).target(*color.toArgbArray())

val array = Color.RED.toArgbArray()

// convert Argb float array to color
val color: Int = array.toColor()