AndroidVeil

A library that let you implement skeletons and shimmer animation for veiling layouts and recyclerView.

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Gradle

Add below codes to your root build.gradle file (not your module build.gradle file).

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
}
Gradle

And add a dependency code to your module's build.gradle file.

dependencies {
    implementation "com.github.skydoves:androidveil:1.0.2"
}
Gradle

Usage

First, add following XML namespace inside your XML layout file.

xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
Gradle

VeilLayout in layout

<com.skydoves.androidveil.VeilLayout
      android:id="@+id/veilLayout"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:layout_height="match_parent"
      app:veilLayout_veiled="true" // shows veils initially
      app:veilLayout_shimmerEnable="true" // sets shimmer enable
      app:veilLayout_baseColor="@android:color/holo_green_dark" // sets shimmer base color
      app:veilLayout_highlightColor="@android:color/holo_green_light" // sets shimmer highlight color
      app:veilLayout_baseAlpha="0.6" // sets shimmer base alpha value
      app:veilLayout_highlightAlpha="1.0" // sets shimmer highlight alpha value
      app:veilLayout_dropOff="0.5"// sets how quickly the shimmer`s gradient drops-off.>

      <TextView
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:text="And now here is my secret, a very simple secret"
         android:textColor="@android:color/white"
         android:textSize="22sp"/>

      <!-- Skip -->    

</com.skydoves.androidveil.VeilLayout>
Gradle

Veil and UnVeil

You can implement veil skeletons using below methods.

veilLayout.veil()
veilLayout.unVeil()
Java

Implement veils using layout resource

You can implement veils using the layout resource without any child.

veilLayout.layout = R.layout.layout_item_test
Java

VeilRecyclerFrameView

VeilRecyclerFrameView lets implement skeletons and shimmer animation about RecyclerView.

VeilRecyclerFrameView in layout

<com.skydoves.androidveil.VeilRecyclerFrameView
        android:id="@+id/veilRecyclerView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        app:veilFrame_layout="@layout/item_profile" // sets to make veiling target layout
        app:veilFrame_veiled="true" // shows veils initially
        app:veilFrame_shimmerEnable="true" // sets shimmer enable
        app:veilFrame_baseColor="@android:color/holo_green_dark" // sets shimmer base color
        app:veilFrame_highlightColor="@android:color/holo_green_light" // sets shimmer highlight color
        app:veilFrame_baseAlpha="0.6" // sets shimmer base alpha value
        app:veilFrame_highlightAlpha="1.0" // sets shimmer highlight alpha value />
Gradle

And you should attach your own adapter and LayoutManager.

veilRecyclerView.setAdapter(adapter) // sets your own adapter
veilRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(LinearLayoutManager(this)) // sets LayoutManager
veilRecyclerView.addVeiledItems(15) // add veiled 15 items
Java

Veil and UnVeil

You can implement veil skeletons using below methods.

veilRecyclerView.veil() // shows veil skeletons
veilRecyclerView.unVeil() // disappear veils and shows your own recyclerView
Java

RecyclerView

You can access recyclerview and veiledRecyclerView using below methods.

veilRecyclerView.getRecyclerView() // veilRecyclerView.getRecyclerView().setHasFixedSize(true)
veilRecyclerView.getVeiledRecyclerView()
Java

Shimmer

This library is used shimmer-android by Facebook.

So you can customizing shimmer following by shimmer-instruction or following example.

val shimmer = Shimmer.ColorHighlightBuilder()
                .setBaseColor(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.shimmerBase0))
                .setHighlightColor(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.shimmerHighlight0))
                .setBaseAlpha(1f)
                .setHighlightAlpha(1f)
                .build()

veilLayout.shimmer = shimmer // sets shimmer to VeilLayout
veilRecyclerView.shimmer = shimmer // sets shimmer to VeilRecyclerView
Kotlin

Attributes

Attributes Type Default Description
veiled Boolean false shows veils initially.
layout Int -1 implement veils using the layout resource.
shimmerEnable Boolean true sets shimmer enable.
baseColor ColorInt Color.LTGRAY sets shimmer base color.
highlightColor ColorInt Color.DKGRAY sets shimmer highlight color.
baseAlpha Float 1.0f sets shimmer base alpha value.
highlightAlpha Float 1.0f sets shimmer highlight alpha value.
dropOff Float 0.5f sets how quickly the shimmer's gradient drops-off.

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