CircularReveal on View hides underlying Views?

[ddykhoff]

Please see the StackOverflow question I posted for details: here

I am using this library for animating an overlay on an item in a LinearLayout so that options associated with the clicked item can be displayed. I am setting the visibility of the content that is being overlaid to Visibility.GONE, but only once the animation ends. Despite this, the content is hidden as soon as the CircularReveal animation begins.

Is this how a CircularReveal works (animation area overlays content while the actual reveal is performed)?