JavaFX Animation

In general, the animation can be defined as the transition which creates the myth of motion for an object. It is the set of transformations applied on an object over the specified duration sequentially so that the object can be shown as it is in motion.

This can be done by the rapid display of frames. In JavaFX, the package javafx.animation contains all the classes to apply the animations onto the nodes. All the classes of this package extend the class javafx.animation.Animation.

JavaFX provides the classes for the transitions like RotateTransition, ScaleTransition, TranslateTransition, FadeTransition, FillTransition, StrokeTransition, etc.

Basic Transitions

The package javafx.animation provides the classes for performing the following transitions.

Steps for applying Animations

1. Create the target node and configure its properties.
Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(120,100,100,100); rect.setFill(Color.RED);
2. Instantiate the respective transition class
RotateTransition rotate = new RotateTransition();
3. Set the desired properties like duration, cycle-count, etc. for the transition.
rotate.setDuration(Duration.millis(1000)); rotate.setAxis(Rotate.Y_Axis); rotate.setCycleCount(500);
4. Set the target node on which the transition will be applied. Use the following method for this purpose.
rotate.setNode(rect);
5. Finally, play the transition using the play() method.
rotate.play();