How to stop an animation (cancel() does not work)

Call clearAnimation() on whichever View you called startAnimation().

On Android 4.4.4, it seems the only way I could stop an alpha fading animation on a View was calling View.animate().cancel() (i.e., calling .cancel() on the View's ViewPropertyAnimator).

Here's the code I'm using for compatibility before and after ICS:

public void stopAnimation(View v) {    v.clearAnimation();    if (canCancelAnimation()) {        v.animate().cancel();    }}

... with the method:

/** * Returns true if the API level supports canceling existing animations via the * ViewPropertyAnimator, and false if it does not * @return true if the API level supports canceling existing animations via the * ViewPropertyAnimator, and false if it does not */public static boolean canCancelAnimation() {    return Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH;}

Here's the animation that I'm stopping:

v.setAlpha(0f);v.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);// Animate the content view to 100% opacity, and clear any animation listener set on the view.v.animate()    .alpha(1f)    .setDuration(animationDuration)    .setListener(null);

If you are using the animation listener, set v.setAnimationListener(null). Use the following code with all options.

v.getAnimation().cancel();v.clearAnimation();animation.setAnimationListener(null);