ADB Concepts : How to set a ‘custom animation speed’ on Android by using ADB Commands

• Window animation scale
• Transition animation scale
• Animator duration scale

Get a step-by-step walkthrough in the video below!

In this Article , we are going discuss for changing the animation speed in Android Devices(emulators/Real Devices/Cloud Devices)

Topic -1 : Changing the animation speed of “Window animation scale”

Basic Syntax:

adb shell settings put global window_animation_scale <value>

Disables window transition animations on an Android device. Here’s a breakdown:

• adb shell: Opens a shell on the connected Android device.
• settings put global: Writes a value to the global settings table.
• window_animation_scale: Controls the speed of window transition animations.
• 0: Disables the animation entirely (0x scale = no animation).

Example:

Set ‘Window animation scale’ to “Animation scale off”.

adb shell settings put global window_animation_scale 0

Topic -2 : Changing the animation speed of “Transition animation scale”

Basic Syntax:

adb shell settings put global transition_animation_scale <value>

Disables window transition animations on an Android device. Here’s a breakdown:

• adb shell: Opens a shell on the connected Android device.
• settings put global: Writes a value to the global settings table.
• transition_animation_scale: Controls the speed of window transition animations.
• 0: Disables the animation entirely (0x scale = no animation).

Example:

Set ‘Transition animation scale’ to “Animation scale off”.

adb shell settings put global transition_animation_scale 0

Topic -3 : Changing the animation speed of “Animator duration scale”

Basic Syntax:

adb shell settings put global animator_duration_scale <value>

Disables window transition animations on an Android device. Here’s a breakdown:

• adb shell: Opens a shell on the connected Android device.
• settings put global: Writes a value to the global settings table.
• animator_duration_scale: Controls the speed of window transition animations.
• 0: Disables the animation entirely (0x scale = no animation).

Example:

To Set ‘Transition animation scale’ to “Animation scale off”.

adb shell settings put global animator_duration_scale 0

Topic -4 : value range for the animation scale settings

The value range for the animation scale settings (window_animation_scale, transition_animation_scale, animator_duration_scale) on Android is:

✅ Valid Values:

• 0 — No animation (fastest)
• 0.5 — Half speed (faster)
• 1 — Normal speed (default)
• 1.5
• 2
• 5
• 10 — Very slow animation (mostly for debugging)

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