Repeat android animation

Question

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);     setContentView(R.layout.vitesse);      gpsManager = new GPSManager();      gpsManager.startListening(getApplicationContext());     gpsManager.setGPSCallback(this);     Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),             "font/DS-DIGI.TTF");      TextView  loding =(TextView)findViewById(R.id.info_message);             loding.setTypeface(tf);             AlphaAnimation fadeIn = new AlphaAnimation(0.0f , 1.0f ) ;              AlphaAnimation fadeOut = new AlphaAnimation( 1.0f , 0.0f ) ;              loding.startAnimation(fadeIn);             loding.startAnimation(fadeOut);             fadeIn.setDuration(500);             fadeOut.setDuration(1200);             fadeOut.setStartOffset(1200+fadeIn.getStartOffset()+1200);                  measurement_index = AppSettings.getMeasureUnit(this); } 

I want to repeat this of textview loding animation until gotting an inforamtion from GPS

Answer 1

Like this.

animation.setRepeatCount(Animation.INFINITE); 

Answer 2

Android gives you elegant mechanisms to represent the loading process. You could use an indeterminate ProgressBar, or an ImageView with a scale/alpha animation, instead of animating the TextView itself.

Maybe you might find this animation useful, for animating alpha and scale at the same time. Vary the parameters for your preference:

file res/anim/alpha_scale_animation.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" > <scale     android:fromXScale="0.7"     android:toXScale="1.0"     android:fromYScale="0.7"     android:toYScale="1.0"     android:pivotX="50%p"     android:pivotY="50%p"     android:duration="4000"     android:repeatCount="infinite"     />  <alpha     android:fromAlpha="0.0"     android:toAlpha="1.0"     android:duration="2000"     android:repeatMode="reverse"     android:repeatCount="infinite"     /> </set> 

then to launch it in your code:

Animation connectingAnimation = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getContext(), R.anim.alpha_scale_animation); myView.startAnimation(connectingAnimation); 

And to stop it:

myView.clearAnimation(); connectingAnimation.cancel(); connectingAnimation.reset(); 

You can also use libraries like ProgressButtonView to have both user interaction and loading process supported in the same widget.

Hope that any of these solutions result useful to someone :)