PowenKo, Android Tutorial 085-2, Animation,Animation_Alpha

package com.powenko.Tutorial_Animation_Alpha;

import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.animation.AlphaAnimation;
import android.widget.AbsoluteLayout;
import android.widget.AbsoluteLayout.LayoutParams;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class Tutorial_Animation_AlphaActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    Button btn = null;
    AbsoluteLayout container = null;
    int counter = 0;
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        container = (AbsoluteLayout)findViewById(R.id.absLayout);
        ImageView toAdd = new ImageView(this);
       // generate();
        Timer timer = new Timer();
        timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                timerMethod();
            }
        }, 0,1000);

    }
    private void timerMethod()
    {
    this.runOnUiThread(generate);
    }
    private Runnable generate= new Runnable() {

        @Override
        public void run() {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            Log.i("MARKER","******************************************");
            //int numViews = container.getChildCount();
            Context context = getApplicationContext();
            ImageView toAdd = new ImageView(context);
            Drawable imgContent = context.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.icon);
            toAdd.setImageDrawable(imgContent);
            toAdd.setTag("img"+counter++);

            Random rndGen = new Random();
            LayoutParams lp = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,rndGen.nextInt(300),rndGen.nextInt(300));
            toAdd.setLayoutParams(lp);
            toAdd.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);

            AlphaAnimation anim = new AlphaAnimation(0, 1);
            anim.setDuration(1000);
            container.addView(toAdd);
            //container.invalidate();
            toAdd.startAnimation(anim);

        }
    };

}

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