Do I have to use an animation to change an Android activity's view?

Question

Everywhere I look online, it seems that I must use an animation to change views dynamically (like slide in, out). Do I have to do this, or can I simple just setContentView() on each new activity?

Thanks!

Answer 1

There's nothing to say you have to use an animation. Just create your intent object, start your activity with startActivity or startActivityForResult, and then call setContentView when it loads. No animation necessary.

HTH.