Android image scale animation relative to center point

Question

I have an ImageView and I do a simple scale animation to it. Very standard code.

My scale_up.xml:

Answer 1

The answer provided by @stevanveltema and @JiangQi are perfect but if you want scaling using code, then you can use my answer.

// first 0f, 1f mean scaling from X-axis to X-axis, meaning scaling from 0-100%
// first 0f, 1f mean scaling from Y-axis to Y-axis, meaning scaling from 0-100%
// The two 0.5f mean animation will start from 50% of X-axis & 50% of Y-axis, i.e. from center

ScaleAnimation fade_in =  new ScaleAnimation(0f, 1f, 0f, 1f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f);
fade_in.setDuration(1000);     // animation duration in milliseconds
fade_in.setFillAfter(true);    // If fillAfter is true, the transformation that this animation performed will persist when it is finished.
view.startAnimation(fade_in);