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Suppose you have to show an item for few minutes and then flips to next one we can use viewflipper . ViewFlipper inherits from frame layout, so it displays a single view at a time. in java class: ViewFlipper vflip; vflip=(ViewFlipper) findViewById(R.id.viewFlipper1); //when a view is displayed vflip.setInAnimation(this,android.R.anim.fade_in); //when a view disappears vflip.setOutAnimation(this, android.R.anim.fade_out); vflip.setFlipInterval(500); vflip.startFlipping();//starts flippin // vflip.stopFlipping();//stops flipping in xml <RelativeLayout 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" > <ViewFlipper android:id="@+id/viewFlipper1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:l...