Allow null target in ObjectAnimator if the target has never been set am: 4d04b1a446

am: fd2c4f186b

Change-Id: Ie93f301ff96d1bd86ea9cea341f8552d6c6a4e6d

core/java/android/animation/ObjectAnimator.java

@@ -977,8 +977,9 @@ public final class ObjectAnimator extends ValueAnimator {
     @Override
     void animateValue(float fraction) {
         final Object target = getTarget();
-        if (target == null) {
-            // We lost the target reference, cancel and clean up.
+        if (mTarget != null && target == null) {
+            // We lost the target reference, cancel and clean up. Note: we allow null target if the
+            /// target has never been set.
             cancel();
             return;
         }