# Using RecyclerView modes and flip animation to preserve user flow

DevFeed: [Using RecyclerView modes and flip animation to preserve user flow](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/don-t-interrupt-the-user-s-flow-25443.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://hannesdorfmann.com/android/dont-interrupt-user-flow/>)

Author: Hannes Dorfmann

Published: 2015-08-18T09:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Hannes Dorfmann](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hannes-dorfmann.md>)

Topics: [User Experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/user-experience.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [apps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apps.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [user-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-experience.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how the kicker Android app integrated a football tip game into an existing RecyclerView without interrupting the user's flow. It describes switching between normal and tip modes with a flip animation instead of opening a new Activity, and discusses implementation insights and pitfalls.

## Source excerpt

From my point of view user experience is a very important topic but sometimes doesn't get the attention it deserves. In this blog post I want to show you how to use RecyclerView to build an user experience that is not interrupting the user's flow. I'm very lucky to work in a very talented team at Tickaroo where we are building and maintaining the android and iOS apps for kicker, one of the most important football magazine in Europe (even though the main language is German).