How do I set an Android View's transparency with animation?

android, opacity

Solution

You can set the alpha channel directly in a color value that you assign to the TextView. See Available Resource Types.

Problem

I need to set the initial transparency for a `TextView`, but I don't know how to do it. On iPhone/iOS, it can be done easily with the alpha property. On Android, I've tried to set the alpha using `AlphaAnimation` but it's no good -- it doesn't work. It just returns to 100% alpha when the animation ends. ``` AlphaAnimation anim = new AlphaAnimation(1, 0.2f); anim.setDuration(5000); textView.startAnimation(anim); ``` Any ideas guys?

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