From e58a66a1592fd24f27cc8af1eb6533e31cb6f77d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Mount <mount@google.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:26:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix crash in Google TV app caused by animator change

Fix: 274888966

Removed a condition that stopped executing start()
multiple times on the same animator.

Test: android.animator.cts, android.animator, ExpandAndDragToDismissTest
Change-Id: I0e59d73b6e555313d4c00c0390614522f19cc627
---
 core/java/android/animation/ValueAnimator.java | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/java/android/animation/ValueAnimator.java b/core/java/android/animation/ValueAnimator.java
index 5d69f8b80799a..ead238f75ba47 100644
--- a/core/java/android/animation/ValueAnimator.java
+++ b/core/java/android/animation/ValueAnimator.java
@@ -1118,10 +1118,6 @@ public class ValueAnimator extends Animator implements AnimationHandler.Animatio
         if (Looper.myLooper() == null) {
             throw new AndroidRuntimeException("Animators may only be run on Looper threads");
         }
-        if (playBackwards == mResumed && mSelfPulse == !mSuppressSelfPulseRequested && mStarted) {
-            // already started
-            return;
-        }
         mReversing = playBackwards;
         mSelfPulse = !mSuppressSelfPulseRequested;
         // Special case: reversing from seek-to-0 should act as if not seeked at all.