PowenKo, Android Tutorial 085-2, Animation,Animation_move

package com.powenko.Tutorial_UI_TextView_Marquee_slideshow;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.animation.Animation;
import android.view.animation.TranslateAnimation;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class Tutorial_UI_TextView_Marquee_slideshowActivity extends Activity {
	String mtext[]={"Apples","Bananas","Orange","Guava","Pears","Pomegranate"};
	private Handler handler;
    private int mClock=0;
    private TextView mTextView1;
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        mTextView1 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);

        handler = new Handler();
        handler.postDelayed(runner, 1);

    }

    final Runnable runner = new Runnable()
    {
        public void run()
        {
            mClock++;
            int t_len=mtext.length;
            if(mClock>=t_len){mClock=0;}
            mTextView1.setText(mtext[mClock]);
            Animation t_Animation=scrollingText(mTextView1, 600);
            mTextView1.clearAnimation();
            mTextView1.startAnimation(t_Animation);

            handler.postDelayed(this, 8000);
        }
    };

    public static Animation scrollingText(View view, float margin){

        Context context = view.getContext(); //gets the context of the view

                // measures the unconstrained size of the view
                // before it is drawn in the layout
        view.measure(View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED,
                             View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);

                // takes the unconstrained wisth of the view
        float width = view.getMeasuredWidth();

                // gets the screen width
        float screenWidth = ((Activity) context).getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getWidth();

                // perfrms the calculation
        float toXDelta = width - (screenWidth - margin);

                // sets toXDelta to 0 if the text width is smaller that the screen size
        if (toXDelta < 0) {toXDelta = 0; } else { toXDelta = 0 - toXDelta;}

                // Animation parameters
        Animation mAnimation = new TranslateAnimation(0, toXDelta, 0, 0);
        mAnimation.setDuration(8000);//15000);
        mAnimation.setRepeatMode(Animation.RESTART);
        mAnimation.setRepeatCount(Animation.INFINITE);

        return mAnimation;
    }
}

main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:lines="1"
        android:ellipsize="marquee"
        android:fadingEdge="horizontal"
        android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever"
        android:scrollHorizontally="true"
        android:textColor="#ffffff"
        android:text="Simple application that shows how to use marquee, with a long text" />
</RelativeLayout>

sample code:

Tutorial_UI_TextView_Marquee_slideshow