AnimationTest.java

package animationtest;

import javafx.animation.KeyFrame;
import javafx.animation.KeyValue;
import javafx.animation.Timeline;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
import javafx.scene.shape.RectangleBuilder;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.util.Duration;

/**
 *
 * @author Bart Mesuere <Bart.Mesuere@UGent.be>
 */
public class AnimationTest extends Application {

    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
        Rectangle rect = RectangleBuilder.create().width(200).height(200).fill(Color.RED).build();

        StackPane root = new StackPane();
        root.getChildren().add(rect);

        Timeline animation = new Timeline();
        animation.getKeyFrames().addAll(
                new KeyFrame(new Duration(1000),
                             new KeyValue(rect.widthProperty(), 100),
                             new KeyValue(rect.heightProperty(), 100)),
                new KeyFrame(new Duration(2000),
                             new KeyValue(rect.widthProperty(), 300),
                             new KeyValue(rect.heightProperty(), 300))
        );
        animation.setOnFinished(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {

            @Override
            public void handle(ActionEvent t) {
                Stage stage = new Stage();
                StackPane pane = new StackPane();
                pane.getChildren().add(new Label("Hello world"));
                stage.setScene(new Scene(pane, 100, 100));
                stage.showAndWait();
            }
        });
        animation.setCycleCount(1);

        Scene scene = new Scene(root, 300, 300);
        primaryStage.setScene(scene);
        primaryStage.show();

        animation.play();
    }

    /**
     * The main() method is ignored in correctly deployed JavaFX application.
     * main() serves only as fallback in case the application can not be
     * launched through deployment artifacts, e.g., in IDEs with limited FX
     * support. NetBeans ignores main().
     *
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }

}