How to make the textview blinking

Question

Guys i have a textview which i need it to be blinking please help me with it.

Answer 1

Courtesy to the top answer, this is what i did:

 textBlink = new TimerTask() {
        int countdown = 10;

        @Override
        public void run() {
            runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    if (countdown <= 0) {
                        timer.cancel();
                        textview.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                    } else {
                            textview.setVisibility(textview.getVisibility() == View.VISIBLE?View.GONE:View.VISIBLE);
                        countdown--;
                    }
                }
            });
        }
    };

then somewhere on the code:

  timer = new Timer();
  timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(textBlink,0,500);

This will do a blink effect for 5 seconds. Recommended for if you don't want the fadeIn-fadeOut effect.