How to create a Animation pause (solved)

[houmingc]

How to create a pause at location 2000 before moving to 4000.

                (2000,870,30,30)
                (0,870,30,30)  -> (4000,870,30,30)

        moviemoving = new QMovie(":/name/cut2.png");
        gifmoving->setMovie(moviemoving);
        moviemoving->start();
        QTimer *timer = new QTimer();
        QObject::connect(timer,SIGNAL(timeout()),this,SLOT(move()));
        timer->start(5000);

    void MainWindow::move()
   {
         animation = new QPropertyAnimation(gifmoving,"geometry"); 
         //QPropertyAnimation* animation in header
         animation->setDuration(8000);
         animation->setLoopCount(1);
         animation->setStartValue(QRect(0,870,30,30));
         animation->setEndValue(QRect(4000,870,30,30));
         animation->start(QAbstractAnimation::DeleteWhenStopped);
    }

[Chris Kawa]

You can use setKeyValueAt.
For example if the animation duration is 8s and you want a 2s pause in the middle you can do

animation->setStartValue(QRect(0,870,30,30));
animation->setEndValue(QRect(4000,870,30,30));

// 0.375 = 3s/8s  which is position of the pause start
animation->setKeyValueAt(0.375, QRect(2000,870,30,30));
// 0.625 = 5s/8s  which is position of the pause end
animation->setKeyValueAt(0.625, QRect(2000,870,30,30));

One thing caught my eye so I wanted to ask - the timer will fire every 5s and the animation duration is 8s so you will have increasing number of overlapping animations after few seconds fighting for the same property.
Also I know this is just a fragment of the code but make sure you delete the timer at some point as the snippet above leaks it.

[houmingc]

Chris i still can't get it to work

 QPropertyAnimation* animation;   //header file

    QTimer *timer1 = new QTimer();
    QObject::connect(timer1,SIGNAL(timeout()),this,SLOT(move()));
    timer1->start(5000);

void MainWindow::move()
{
        animation = new QPropertyAnimation();
        animation->setLoopCount(1);
        animation->start();
        animation->setStartValue(QRect(0,20,90,30));
        animation->setEndValue(QRect(2000,20,90,30));

        animation->setKeyValueAt(0.375, QRect(1000,20,90,30));
        animation->setKeyValueAt(0.625, QRect(1000,20,90,30));
        this->timer1->stop();
 
}

[Chris Kawa]

You didn't set the target, the property name and the duration on the animation. Start the animation after you set it up (not required but makes more sense for the reader). You don't need to keep animation pointer around. Use signal/slots to manage its lifetime. You are leaking memory (timer1 and animation instances). The timer fires after 5s (is that intended?). If you want to start the animation only once then use QTimer::singleShot static method.

So more or less:

//where you want to start the animation:
QTimer::singleShot(5000, this, &MainWindow::move); //this will start the animation after 5s


//and the move function:
void MainWindow::move()
{
    auto animation = new QPropertyAnimation(gifmoving, "geometry");
    connect(animation, &QPropertyAnimation::finished, animation, &QPropertyAnimation::deleteLater);

    animation->setDuration(8000);
    animation->setStartValue(QRect(0,20,90,30));
    animation->setKeyValueAt(0.375, QRect(1000,20,90,30));
    animation->setKeyValueAt(0.625, QRect(1000,20,90,30));
    animation->setEndValue(QRect(2000,20,90,30));

    animation->start();
}

[houmingc]

Chris, thanks i am learning alot ..

auto animation = new QPropertyAnimation(gifmoving, "geometry");
with auto -> i get error animation does not name a type
without -> it is running fine

[Chris Kawa]

There should not be any -> after auto. auto is a c++11 feature that deduces expression type and thus lets you type less. To enable it in your compiler (assuming it supports it) you need to add this line to your .pro file CONFIG += c++11 (except for VS compiler which has this always on).

If you don't want to use c++11 then just name the whole type manually, i.e.

QPropertyAnimation* animation = new QPropertyAnimation(gifmoving, "geometry");