Can I use AnimationDrawable in an overlay on a MapView?

Question

I have created an AnimationDrawable in XML, and it works fine. But on moving the drawable into a MapView as an overlay marker (replacing a static drawable that works fine),

Answer 1

This is untested with animations, but may be of some use.

I had issues with adding widgets to the MapView, but found the addView method. Try adding the AnimationDrawable through this method, it may change how it is treated by the MapView and hence animate correctly:

Have a look here for a tiny example: http://www.gauntface.co.uk/pages/blog/2010/01/04/mapview-with-widgets-android/