Why doesn't setVisibility work after a view is animated?

Question

Why doesn't the textView become invisible?

Here is my layout xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <TextView
    android:id="@+id/tvRotate"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Rotate Me"
/>
</LinearLayout>

..and here is my activity:

public class RotateMeActivity extends Activity
{
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        TextView tvRotate = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvRotate);

        RotateAnimation r = new RotateAnimation(0, 180, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f);
        r.setDuration(0);
        r.setFillAfter(true);
        tvRotate.startAnimation(r);
        tvRotate.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
    }
}

My goal is to rotate a view and then be able to hide and show it in code by setting setVisibility. The following works, but setRotation is available only in API Level 11. I need a way to do it in API Level 10.

tvRotate.setRotation(180);//instead of the RotateAnimation, only works in API Level 11
tvRotate.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);

Answer 1

For me calling clearAnimation of the View fixed the problem. In my case I wanted to set the View back to its original position after doing a translation with fillAfter set to true.