Two Node Fade In and Fade Out every minute

Question

I am trying to animate two panes using fade-in and fade-out animations. It should animate the first-pane and, after a few seconds, it should fade-out and animate second-pane, and so on.

I tried this code:

Thread thread;

@Override
public void run() {
   changingPane();
}

public void changingPane() {
    thread = new Thread() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            for (;;) {
                if(mainController.getOpenPane()==0)
                {
                    mainController.nextPane();
                }
                else{
                    mainController.prevPane();
                }
            }
        }

    };
    thread.start();
}

Answer 1

Let's say you have two panes,

private Pane FIRST_PANE = new Pane();
private Pane SECOND_PANE = new Pane();

And add these methods for fade-in and fade-out the panes,

Fade-In Method

private void fadeInPane(Pane pane) {
     FadeTransition fadeIn = new FadeTransition(Duration.millis(2900), pane);
     fadeIn.setFromValue(0);
     fadeIn.setToValue(1);
     fadeIn.setOnFinished(e -> fadeOutPane(pane));
     fadeIn.play();
}

Fade-out Method

private void fadeOutPane(Pane pane) {
     FadeTransition fadeOut = new FadeTransition(Duration.millis(1900), pane);
     fadeOut.setFromValue(1);
     fadeOut.setToValue(0);
     fadeOut.play();
}

Then call those methods as per your logic and need,

private void animatePane() {
    boolean first_active = true;

    Timeline clock = new Timeline(new KeyFrame(Duration.ZERO, e -> {            

        if(first_active){
            fadeInPane(FIRST_PANE);
            first_active = false;
        }else{
            first_active = true;
            fadeInPane(SECOND_PANE);
        }
    }),
         new KeyFrame(Duration.seconds(30))
    );
    clock.setCycleCount(Animation.INDEFINITE);
    clock.play();
}