I have been searching everywhere for a proper solution to my problem and I can't seem to find one yet. I have an ActionBar (ActionBarSherlock) with a menu that is inflated from an XML file and that menu contains one item and that one item is shown as an ActionItem.
menu:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="@+id/menu_refresh"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_refresh"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:title="Refresh"/>
</menu>
[...]
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.mymenu, menu);
return true;
}
[...]
onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item)
((AnimationDrawable)item.getIcon()).start()
You're on the right track. Here is how the GitHub Gaug.es app will be implementing it.
First they define an animation XML:
<rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:fromDegrees="0"
android:toDegrees="360"
android:pivotX="50%"
android:pivotY="50%"
android:duration="1000"
android:interpolator="@android:anim/linear_interpolator" />
Now define a layout for the action view:
<ImageView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="@drawable/ic_action_refresh"
style="@style/Widget.Sherlock.ActionButton" />
All we need to do is enable this view whenever the item is clicked:
public void refresh() {
/* Attach a rotating ImageView to the refresh item as an ActionView */
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
ImageView iv = (ImageView) inflater.inflate(R.layout.refresh_action_view, null);
Animation rotation = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getActivity(), R.anim.clockwise_refresh);
rotation.setRepeatCount(Animation.INFINITE);
iv.startAnimation(rotation);
refreshItem.setActionView(iv);
//TODO trigger loading
}
When the loading is done, simply stop the animation and clear the view:
public void completeRefresh() {
refreshItem.getActionView().clearAnimation();
refreshItem.setActionView(null);
}
And you're done!
Some additional things to do:
null
checks in completeRefresh()
Here's the pull request on the app: https://github.com/github/gauges-android/pull/13/files