Animate visibility modes, GONE and VISIBLE

Question

So im trying to animate when i set the visibility of a linearlayout with other widgets, from GONE to VISIBLE and the opposite.Im using togglebuttons to show and hide. Here\'s an

Answer 1

Like tomash said before: There's no easy way.

You might want to take a look at my answer here.
It explains how to realize a sliding (dimension changing) view.
In this case it was a left and right view: Left expanding, right disappearing.
It's might not do exactly what you need but with inventive spirit you can make it work ;)