Summary

We have learned how to do frame-by-frame animations and how to animate views using the two different frameworks that Android provides, view animation and PropertyAnimation.

We have studied the differences between and limitations of each of them and learned when to use one or the other.

We have animated the dialogs and also the main menu. For the titles, we have seen how we could achieve the same result with different approaches.

All in all, the game looks much smoother since a lot of the content is animated now.

We could say that the game is finished, but we will add some more features to make it more interesting. Google provides us with an API to manage achievements and leaderboards. Both features are a part of Google Play services and this ...

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