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Animatable
interface Animatable
Known Direct Subclasses
| Animatable2 |
Abstract class that drawables supporting animations and callbacks should extend.
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| AnimationDrawable |
An object used to create frame-by-frame animations, defined by a series of Drawable objects, which can be used as a View object's background.
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Known Indirect Subclasses
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Interface that drawables supporting animations should implement.
Summary
| Public methods |
| abstract Boolean |
Indicates whether the animation is running.
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| abstract Unit |
Starts the drawable's animation.
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| abstract Unit |
Stops the drawable's animation.
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Public methods
isRunning
abstract fun isRunning(): Boolean
Indicates whether the animation is running.
| Return |
Boolean |
True if the animation is running, false otherwise. |
start
abstract fun start(): Unit
Starts the drawable's animation.
stop
abstract fun stop(): Unit
Stops the drawable's animation.
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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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|\n\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| Known Direct Subclasses [Animatable2](/reference/kotlin/android/graphics/drawable/Animatable2), [AnimationDrawable](/reference/kotlin/android/graphics/drawable/AnimationDrawable) |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [Animatable2](/reference/kotlin/android/graphics/drawable/Animatable2) | Abstract class that drawables supporting animations and callbacks should extend. | | [AnimationDrawable](/reference/kotlin/android/graphics/drawable/AnimationDrawable) | An object used to create frame-by-frame animations, defined by a series of Drawable objects, which can be used as a View object's background. | |\n\n|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| Known Indirect Subclasses [AnimatedImageDrawable](/reference/kotlin/android/graphics/drawable/AnimatedImageDrawable), [AnimatedVectorDrawable](/reference/kotlin/android/graphics/drawable/AnimatedVectorDrawable) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [AnimatedImageDrawable](/reference/kotlin/android/graphics/drawable/AnimatedImageDrawable) | [Drawable](/reference/kotlin/android/graphics/drawable/Drawable) for drawing animated images (like GIF). | | [AnimatedVectorDrawable](/reference/kotlin/android/graphics/drawable/AnimatedVectorDrawable) | This class animates properties of a [android.graphics.drawable.VectorDrawable](/reference/kotlin/android/graphics/drawable/VectorDrawable) with animations defined using [android.animation.ObjectAnimator](../../animation/ObjectAnimator.html#) or [android.animation.AnimatorSet](../../animation/AnimatorSet.html#). | |\n\nInterface that drawables supporting animations should implement.\n\nSummary\n-------\n\n| Public methods ||\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| abstract [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html) | [isRunning](#isRunning())`()` Indicates whether the animation is running. |\n| abstract [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [start](#start())`()` Starts the drawable's animation. |\n| abstract [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [stop](#stop())`()` Stops the drawable's animation. |\n\nPublic methods\n--------------\n\n### isRunning\n\nAdded in [API level 4](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) \n\n```\nabstract fun isRunning(): Boolean\n```\n\nIndicates whether the animation is running.\n\n| Return ||\n|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|\n| [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html) | True if the animation is running, false otherwise. |\n\n### start\n\nAdded in [API level 4](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) \n\n```\nabstract fun start(): Unit\n```\n\nStarts the drawable's animation. \n\n### stop\n\nAdded in [API level 4](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) \n\n```\nabstract fun stop(): Unit\n```\n\nStops the drawable's animation."]]
