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Animations
JavaFX also allows to create animations. The abstract Animation class provides core functionalities for animations in JavaFX. For more information about particular classes, methods, or additional features see the API documentation.
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Examples of animations can be found here.
Coming back to the scene graph, all previous examples were about leaf nodes. Concerning the root, we have tried to add some elements to it. The following example demonstrates manipulations with the root. FadeTransition is a subclass of Animation. In the following example, FadeTransition animates the opacity of the root with a rectangle and a button inside using a fade transition. A fade transition is created with a duration of 10 seconds for the root (Line 11). It sets the start opaque to 1.0 (Line 12) and the stop opaque 0.0 (Line 13). The cycle count is set to the infinity; therefore, the animation is repeated indefinitely (Line 14).
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
Group root = new Group(); // create the root node
Rectangle rectangle1 = new Rectangle(50, 50, 435, 435);
Button ok = new Button("OK");
ok.setLayoutX(10);
ok.setLayoutY(10);
root.getChildren().add(ok); // place a button on the scene
root.getChildren().add(rectangle1); // place a rectangle on the scene
// Apply a fade transition to the root
FadeTransition ft = new FadeTransition(Duration.millis(10000), root);
ft.setFromValue(1.0);
ft.setToValue(0.0);
ft.setCycleCount(Timeline.INDEFINITE);
ft.setAutoReverse(true);
ft.play(); // start the animation
Scene scene1 = new Scene(root, 535, 535, Color.SNOW); // create a scene
primaryStage.setTitle("Black square"); // set stage title
primaryStage.setScene(scene1); // place the scene on the stage
primaryStage.show(); // display the stage
}
Try out
Compile and run the code above.
Add some shapes (Shape subclass object) and try to make the shape move (animate) along the path from one end to the other using PathTransition class.
Next, try to display several animations simultaniously using Parallel Transition and Sequential Transition classes.
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