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 Android TextSwitcher Sample
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-This sample illustrates the use of a TextSwitcher to display animations for text changes.
+This sample has been deprecated/archived meaning it's read-only and it's no longer actively maintained (more details on archiving can be found [here][1]).
 
-Introduction
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+For other related samples, check out the new [github.com/android/animation repo][2]. Thank you!
 
-This sample shows the use of the [android.widget.TextSwitcher][1] View with animations. A
-TextSwitcher is a special type of [android.widget.ViewSwitcher][2] that animates
-the current text out and new text in when
-[android.widget.TextSwitcher#setText(CharSequence)][3] is called.
-
-Click the "Next" button to set new text in the TextSwitcher and observe the
-in and out fade animations.
-
-[1]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextSwitcher.html
-[2]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ViewSwitcher.html
-[3]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextSwitcher.html#setText(java.lang.CharSequence)
-
-Pre-requisites
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-
-- Android SDK 27
-- Android Build Tools v27.0.2
-- Android Support Repository
-
-Screenshots
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-
-<img src="screenshots/main.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> 
-
-Getting Started
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-
-This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the
-"gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio.
-
-Support
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-
-- Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968
-- Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android
-
-If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue:
-https://github.com/googlesamples/android-TextSwitcher
-
-Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and
-submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.
-
-License
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-
-Copyright 2017 The Android Open Source Project, Inc.
-
-Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
-license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for
-additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this
-file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
-use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
-the License at
-
-http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
-License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
-the License.
+[1]: https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-archiving-repositories
+[2]: https://github.com/android/animation