Question

Is there some reason that I cannot call .cancel() on the Animator provided in an animation listener?

When I execute the following code I get a StackOverflowError:

        animation.addListener(new ValueAnimator.AnimatorListener() {
            @Override
            public void onAnimationStart(Animator animator) {
                if (!showCircles)
                    animator.cancel();
            }
        ....

Answer 1

I discovered a solution.

I found that you must call animator.removeAllListeners();, before calling animator.cancel();. (This is true for most all 4.0+ devices, but on the GSIII, for some reason, you do not need to.)

For some reason, the cancel() command was causing onAnimationStart to be triggered again (ending up in an infinite loop).