overridePendingTransition not working

Question

I'm trying to implement a transition in my app but overridePendingTransition(anim, anim) is not working correctly.

• I have window transitions enabled
• After debugging the code I can say that the compiler does execute the call but it is NOT shown
• I have tried calling finish() before overridePendingTransition() this does not seem to have any effect

My code is simple and standard:

Starting the intent and calling overridePendingTransition:

Intent newsIntent = new Intent(ZPFActivity.this, More2013Activity.class);
startActivity(newsIntent);
overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_no_move, R.anim.fade);
finish();

The start animation should not do anything only the fade animation should have effect.

slide_no_move XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<translate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:fromYDelta="0%p" android:toYDelta="0%p"
android:duration="500"/>

fade XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
 android:fillAfter="true">
 <alpha android:fromAlpha="1.0" 
        android:toAlpha="0.0"
        android:duration="500"/>
</set>

EDIT: I forgot to mention the fact that the activities that I start all extend the 'main' activity. Could this be the fact that is causing the problem?

Answer 1

Try to call the pendingTransition after calling finish(), like this:

Intent newsIntent = new Intent(ZPFActivity.this, More2013Activity.class);
startActivity(newsIntent);
finish();
overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_no_move, R.anim.fade);