Animate layout change of bottom sheet

Based on your description, I think you are trying to achieve something like google maps bottom sheet behaviour. The layout changes as the bottomsheet is dragged up.

If that is what you are trying to achieve then you don’t need to enforce custom animations, as the bottomsheetdialog itself has those animation behaviour when incorporated inside a parent Coordinator Layout.

Here is a sample code of how I’m implementing the same behaviour. It also makes the FloatingActionButton invisible when the bottomsheet is dragged up to full screen size :

1. Create a bottomsheetdialog that you want to use inside your main layout

   public class CustomBottomDialog extends BottomSheetDialogFragment {
   
   String mSomeName;
   @Override
   public void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       // if some arguments are passed from the calling activity 
       mSomeName = getArguments().getString("some_name");
   
   
   }
   
   @Nullable
   @Override
   public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, @Nullable ViewGroup container, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       View bottomSheet = inflater.inflate(R.layout.bottomsheet_layout, container, false);
        // initialise your bottomsheet_layout items here 
       TextView tvName = bottomSheet.findViewById(R.id.display_name);
       tvName.setText(mSomeName); 
       tvName.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
           @Override
           public void onClick(View view) {
              // do something here
               ((MainActivity)getActivity()).doSomething();
           }
       });
   
       return bottomSheet;
   }
   }
   

2. bottomsheet_layout:

   <android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout 
   xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
   xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="match_parent">
   
   <android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
   android:id="@+id/nav"
   android:layout_width="wrap_content"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:src="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45658198/@drawable/navigation_tilt_grey"
   app:backgroundTint="@color/colorAccent"
   app:elevation="3dp"
   app:fabSize="normal"
   android:layout_marginEnd="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
   app:layout_anchor="@+id/live_dash"
   app:layout_anchorGravity="top|right" />
   
   <!--BottomSheet-->
   
   <android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView
   android:id="@+id/live_dash"
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:background="#F3F3F3"
   android:clipToPadding="true"
   app:layout_behavior="android.support.design.widget.BottomSheetBe 
   havior"
   tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="150dp">
   
   <!--Include your items here, the height of all items combined
   will take the main screen layout size with animation-->
   
   </android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView>
   
   </android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
   

3. Calling this BottomSheet from your activity:

   public void notifyBottomSheet(String somename){
   
   BottomSheetDialogFragment customDialogFragment = new CustomBottomDialog();
   Bundle args = new Bundle();
   args.putString("some_name", somename);
   customDialogFragment.setArguments(args);
   customDialogFragment.show(getSupportFragmentManager(), customDialogFragment.getTag());
   customDialogFragment.setCancelable(false); // if you don't wish to hide
   }
   

   Hope this solves what you are trying to achieve.