Android Animation on View GONE/VISIBLE

If you just want a better transition view on GONE / VISIBLE rather than the default Android show/hide, I came across  some simple trick to make a simple animation using TranslateAnimation class.

*Note: For a better transitioning, you can use animationlistener , and setVisibility onAnimationStart() or onAnimationEnd().

// View to be animate (I use ImageView as example here)
ImageView imageView = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageview);

Below are the methods to set view from VISIBLE to GONE

// To animate view slide out from left to right
public void slideToRight(View view){
TranslateAnimation animate = new TranslateAnimation(0,view.getWidth(),0,0);
animate.setDuration(500);
animate.setFillAfter(true);
view.startAnimation(animate);
view.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
// To animate view slide out from right to left
public void slideToLeft(View view){
TranslateAnimation animate = new TranslateAnimation(0,-view.getWidth(),0,0);
animate.setDuration(500);
animate.setFillAfter(true);
view.startAnimation(animate);
view.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}

// To animate view slide out from top to bottom
public void slideToBottom(View view){
TranslateAnimation animate = new TranslateAnimation(0,0,0,view.getHeight());
animate.setDuration(500);
animate.setFillAfter(true);
view.startAnimation(animate);
view.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}

// To animate view slide out from bottom to top
public void slideToTop(View view){
TranslateAnimation animate = new TranslateAnimation(0,0,0,-view.getHeight());
animate.setDuration(500);
animate.setFillAfter(true);
view.startAnimation(animate);
view.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}