private TransitionListener navigateToSearchWhenDone() { return new SimpleTransitionListener() { @Override public void onTransitionEnd(Transition transition) { Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, SearchActivity.class); startActivity(intent); // we are handing the enter transitions ourselves // this line overrides that overridePendingTransition(0, 0); // by this point of execution we have animated the 'expansion' of the Toolbar and hidden its contents. // We are half way there. Continue to the SearchActivity to finish the animation } }; }