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>