activity life cycle with animation

Question

I have four buttons calling different activities via intent. the manner in which i am calling is something like below

Intent intent = new Intent(MenuActivity.this,Test3.class);
overridePendingTransition(R.anim.fade_in, R.anim.fade_out);
finish();
startActivity(intent);

but i am unable to get it as expected..there is not animation i can see. Am I calling animation start activity and finish in right way??

or rather I should use something like flag clear top?

Answer 1

You have to call overridePendingTransition(R.anim.fade_in, R.anim.fade_out) directly after startActivity(intent) .

This should work for you:

Intent intent = new Intent(MenuActivity.this,Test3.class);
startActivity(intent);
overridePendingTransition(R.anim.fade_in, R.anim.fade_out);
finish();