Shared element activity transition on android 5

I encounter the same issue, and notice the crash happens if the original shared element is no longer visible on the previous screen when you go back (probably it is the last element on screen in portrait, but once switched to landscape it’s no longer visible), and thus the transition has nowhere to put back … Read more

FEATURE_ACTIVITY_TRANSITIONS vs. FEATURE_CONTENT_TRANSITIONS

I’m glad I have an opportunity to answer these questions as the documentation is less than clear. Early-on, there was one flag FEATURE_CONTENT_TRANSITIONS that handled both of the features. We split them when Material applications got unexpected behavior when it was enabled. So some older documentation may still say that you have to enable FEATURE_CONTENT_TRANSITIONS … Read more

How do I prevent the status bar and navigation bar from animating during an activity scene animation transition?

There are two approaches you can use that I know of to prevent the navigation/status bar from animating during the transition: Approach #1: Exclude the status bar and navigation bar from the window’s default exit/enter fade transition The reason why the navigation/status bar are fading in and out during the transition is because by default … Read more