The Showing and Hiding States

The Showing and Hiding states play the assigned animations when the user or the host application requests to show or hide the character. These states also appropriately set the character frame's Visible state. When defining animations for these states, keep in mind that a character can appear or depart at any screen location. Because the user can show or hide any character, always support at least one animation for these states.

Animations that you assign to the Showing state typically end with a frame containing the character's neutral position image. Conversely, Hiding state animations typically begin with the neutral position. Showing and Hiding state animations can include an empty frame at the beginning or end, respectively, to provide a transition from the character's current state.