I have written the following to spin my icon on the center of the screen and instead it rotates around the upper-left corner (i.e., origin x=0, y=0 of the ImageView). It sh
Try:
r = new RotateAnimation(ROTATE_FROM, ROTATE_TO, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f);
Here is the full example
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements MainActivityMvpModel {
    ImageView imageViewThumb;
    private static final float ROTATE_FROM = 30.0f;
    private static final float ROTATE_TO = 360.0f;
    RotateAnimation r; // = new RotateAnimation(ROTATE_FROM, ROTATE_TO);
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        buttonTest= (Button) findViewById(R.id.button_test);
        imageViewThumb= (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.icon_thumb);
        imageViewThumb.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                r = new RotateAnimation(ROTATE_FROM, ROTATE_TO, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f);
                r.setDuration((long) 2*500);
                r.setRepeatCount(0);
                imageViewThumb.startAnimation(r);
                imageViewThumb.setColorFilter(R.color.colorThumbPressed);
            }
        });
    }
}
                                                                        This works for me:
img = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.ImageView01);
RotateAnimation rotateAnimation = new RotateAnimation(30, 90,
    Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f);