How to Animate Addition or Removal of Android ListView Rows

Animation anim = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(                     GoTransitApp.this, android.R.anim.slide_out_right                 );anim.setDuration(500);listView.getChildAt(index).startAnimation(anim );new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {    public void run() {        FavouritesManager.getInstance().remove(            FavouritesManager.getInstance().getTripManagerAtIndex(index)        );        populateList();        adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();    }}, anim.getDuration());

for top-to-down animation use :

<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">        <translate android:fromYDelta="20%p" android:toYDelta="-20"            android:duration="@android:integer/config_mediumAnimTime"/>        <alpha android:fromAlpha="0.0" android:toAlpha="1.0"            android:duration="@android:integer/config_mediumAnimTime" /></set>

The RecyclerView takes care of adding, removing, and re-ordering animations!

This simple AndroidStudio project features a RecyclerView. take a look at the commits:

1. commit of the classic Hello World Android app
2. commit, adding a RecyclerView to the project (content not dynamic)
3. commit, adding functionality to modify content of RecyclerView at runtime (but no animations)
4. and finally...commit adding animations to the RecyclerView

Take a look at the Google solution. Here is a deletion method only.

ListViewRemovalAnimation project code and Video demonstration

It needs Android 4.1+ (API 16). But we have 2014 outside.