Android animations: xml vs. code

Question

In Android we can use xml-based approach to build an animation or we can build one in code.

My question: What approach is prevailing? I understand that this is a pretty vague question, but maybe we could achieve some benefits using one method (for example, xml-based) in some situations when pure programmatic approach is to complicated. Or should I try to build all animations pragmatically.

Answer 1

It's entirely up to you on this one. If you have any parameters in the animation that need to be determined programmatically, such as speed, length of time or what not, then programmatically is the way to go, but having it set in XML is just fine as well.