How to insert Slide From Bottom animation in RecyclerView in Android

Last Updated : 08 Jul, 2020

In this article, the animation that makes the items slide from the bottom is added in the recycler view. Here we don`t use any other library to add the animation. Adding animations make the application attractive and give a better user experience.

Approach:
Step 1: Create “anim” resource directory.
Right-click on res folder and follow path

res -> new -> Android Resource Directory

From the Resource type, choose “anim” and don’t change Directory name then press ok.
Step 2: Create an Animation file.
Right-click on “anim” directory and create a new Animation Resource File.

anim -> new -> Animation Resource File -> create “slide_from_bottom” xml file.

Add the below code in slide_from_bottom.xml file. Here the animation is defined.

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:duration="600"> 
<translate
    android:fromYDelta="50%p"
    android:interpolator="@android:anim/accelerate_decelerate_interpolator"
    android:toYDelta="0"/> 
<alpha
    android:fromAlpha="0"
    android:interpolator="@android:anim/accelerate_decelerate_interpolator"
    android:toAlpha="1"/> 
</set>

Step 3: Create one more animation file to hold “slide_from_bottom.xml”

anim -> new -> Animation Resource File -> create “layout_animation_slide_from_bottom” xml file

Add the below code in the XML file that is just created. Here, animation slide_from_buttom is added that is defined in the previous step.

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
<layoutAnimation
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:animation="@anim/slide_from_bottom"
  android:animationOrder="normal"
  android:delay="15%"> 
</layoutAnimation>

Step 4:(Final) Call that animation in Your RecyclerView. In the tag layoutAnimation, add layout_animation_slide_from_bottom.xml. Now while displaying the list items in recycler view, the items will add with the animation that is carried by the layout_animation_slide_from_bottom.xml and defined in slide_from_bottom.xml.

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="#6F6A6A"
    tools:context=".MainActivity"> 
  
    <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layoutAnimation="@anim/layout_animation_slide_from_bottom"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:id="@+id/recyclerView"
        /> 
  
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>