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

Here is my helper implementation using an alpha animation:

    public void blinkText(final TextView text_to_animate, int durationMillis) {

        final AlphaAnimation fade_out = new AlphaAnimation(1.0f, 0.0f);
        //ScaleAnimation scale_it = new ScaleAnimation(1.0f, 1.25f, 1.0f, 1.25f);
        fade_out.setDuration(durationMillis);

        final AlphaAnimation fade_in = new AlphaAnimation(0.0f, 1.0f);
        //ScaleAnimation scale_it = new ScaleAnimation(1.0f, 1.25f, 1.0f, 1.25f);
        fade_in.setDuration(durationMillis);

        fade_out.setAnimationListener(new AnimationListener() {
            public void onAnimationEnd(Animation arg0) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            if (recording == true)
                text_to_animate.startAnimation(fade_in);
            }
            public void onAnimationRepeat(Animation arg0) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub              
            }

            public void onAnimationStart(Animation arg0) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub              
            }

        });

        fade_in.setAnimationListener(new AnimationListener() {
            public void onAnimationEnd(Animation arg0) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                if (recording == true)
                    text_to_animate.startAnimation(fade_out);
            }
            public void onAnimationRepeat(Animation arg0) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub              
            }

            public void onAnimationStart(Animation arg0) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub              
            }

        });

        text_to_animate.startAnimation(fade_out);       

    }