Question

Im trying to write a very basic android app that displays around 5 pictures one after each other on the screen. I want it to display a different picture after about 10 seconds. Can anyone advise me on how I would go around this. Below i have outlined what i would be looking for.

Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Picture 4
Picture 5

display full screen Picture 1
wait 10 seconds
Remove Picture 1 and Display Picture 2
Wait 10 seconds
Remove Picture 2 and Display Picture 3
Wait 10 seconds
Remove Picture 3 and Display Picture 4
Wait 10 seconds
Remove Picture 4 and Display Picture 5
Wait 10 seconds

Start again

Answer 1

Have you considered using Frame Animations?

You can specify an xml in your anim folder that contains a frame-by-frame animation, specifing each image duration, and other settings, check it out

UPDATE

You can also build a frame animation programmatically of course:

    AnimationDrawable animation = new AnimationDrawable();
    animation.addFrame(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.image1), 100);
    animation.addFrame(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.image2), 500);
    animation.addFrame(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.image3), 300);
    animation.setOneShot(false);

    ImageView imageAnim =  (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.img);
    imageAnim.setBackgroundDrawable(animation);

    // start the animation!
    animation.start()