diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 mobile/android/base/animation/AnimationUtils.java
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/mobile/android/base/animation/AnimationUtils.java	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+/* -*- Mode: Java; c-basic-offset: 4; tab-width: 20; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+
+package org.mozilla.gecko.animation;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+
+public class AnimationUtils {
+    private static long mShortDuration = -1;
+
+    public static long getShortDuration(Context context) {
+        if (mShortDuration < 0) {
+            mShortDuration = context.getResources().getInteger(android.R.integer.config_shortAnimTime);
+        }
+        return mShortDuration;
+    }
+}
+