how to add animation to textView drawable

android, animation, drawable

Solution

if you set the drawable in the XML, you won't be able to access it like you can with an `ImageView`'s `getDrawable()`. Instead, omit it from your XML and do it in your `Activity/Fragment`:

TextView tv = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.textView1);
AnimationDrawable d = (AnimationDrawable) getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_launcher);
tv.setCompoundDrawables(d, null, null, null);
d.start();

Provided your drawable `ic_launcher` can be animated like an AnimationDrawable, this should start the animation. Call `d.stop()` to cease animation.

Problem

I have used this line too add image in my textView : `android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_launcher"` in my xml file. ``` <TextView android:id="@+id/textView1" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:drawablePadding="5dp" android:gravity="center_vertical" android:text="@string/hello_world" android:textSize="14sp" android:textStyle="bold" android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_launcher" > </TextView> ``` Now I want to add animation to this drawable. I dont know how can I access this image. Any help? thanks in advance

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