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Neil Smyth has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, including roles in software development and enterprise-level UNIX and Linux system administration. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in information technology, he also holds A+, Security+, Network+, Project+, and Microsoft Certified Professional certifications and is a CIW Database Design Specialist. Neil is the co-founder and CEO of Payload Media, Inc. (a technical content publishing company), and the author of the Essentials range of programming and system administration books.
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45.2 Using the Cycle Editor

Although not particularly complicated, it can take some time to get the exact cycle configuration you need by directly editing XML KeyCycle entries in the MotionScene file. In recognition of this fact, the Android engineers at Google have developed the Cycle Editor. This is a separate Java-based utility that is not yet part of Android Studio. The Cycle Editor allows you to visually design and test cycle key frame sets.

The Cycle Editor tool is provided in the form of a Java archive (jar) file which will require that the Java runtime be installed on your development system. Steps to install Java will vary depending on your operating system.

Once you have Java installed, the CycleEditor.jar file can be downloaded from the following URL:

https://github.com/googlesamples/android-ConstraintLayoutExamples/releases/download/1.0/CycleEditor.jar

Once downloaded, open a command-prompt or terminal window, change directory to the location of the jar file...

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Neil Smyth has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, including roles in software development and enterprise-level UNIX and Linux system administration. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in information technology, he also holds A+, Security+, Network+, Project+, and Microsoft Certified Professional certifications and is a CIW Database Design Specialist. Neil is the co-founder and CEO of Payload Media, Inc. (a technical content publishing company), and the author of the Essentials range of programming and system administration books.
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