Animation fade in and out

Question

Using this code I only have a fade in, I'm looking for how to add a fade out as well. I've added another xml called "fadeout" but I can't integrate it in my code.

ImageView imageView = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageView);
Animation fadeInAnimation = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.fadein);
imageView.startAnimation(fadeInAnimation);

button1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    public void onClick(View v) {
        imageView.startAnimation(fadeInAnimation);
    }
}

fadein.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <alpha android:fromAlpha="0.0" android:toAlpha="1.0" 
     android:interpolator="@android:anim/accelerate_interpolator" 
   android:duration="Your Duration(in milisecond)"
    android:repeatCount="infinite"/>
 </set>

Answer 1

Here is my solution. It uses AnimatorSet. AnimationSet library was too buggy to get working. This provides seamless and infinite transitions between fade in and out.

public static void setAlphaAnimation(View v) {
    ObjectAnimator fadeOut = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(v, "alpha",  1f, .3f);
    fadeOut.setDuration(2000);
    ObjectAnimator fadeIn = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(v, "alpha", .3f, 1f);
    fadeIn.setDuration(2000);

    final AnimatorSet mAnimationSet = new AnimatorSet();

    mAnimationSet.play(fadeIn).after(fadeOut);

    mAnimationSet.addListener(new AnimatorListenerAdapter() {
        @Override
        public void onAnimationEnd(Animator animation) {
            super.onAnimationEnd(animation);
            mAnimationSet.start();
        }
    });
    mAnimationSet.start();
}