Apply animation on TextView

To create animation, create xml file to define animation in /res/anim/ folder, /res/anim/myanimation.xml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   android:interpolator="@android:anim/linear_interpolator">
   <scale
       android:fromXScale="1.0"
       android:toXScale="0.8"
       android:fromYScale="1.0"
       android:toYScale="1.2"
       android:pivotX="50%"
       android:pivotY="50%"
       android:duration="100"
       android:repeatCount="4"
       android:repeatMode="reverse" />
</set>

In Java code, create Animation of the anim resource file with AnimationUtils.loadAnimation() method, and start the animation with startAnimation() method of the target view.

package com.example.androidtextview;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.view.animation.Animation;
import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.app.Activity;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 
 Animation myAnimation;
 TextView myText;
 
 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  myText = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.mytext);
  
  myAnimation = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.myanimation);
  
  myText.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    myText.startAnimation(myAnimation);
   }});
 }

}

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Hello"
        android:textStyle="bold|italic"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/mytext"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:textSize="30sp"
        android:textColor="#0000ff" />

</LinearLayout>

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