animate listView childs only once they appear

Question

I have a listView with about 20 items (dynamic items). I want to animate these items first they show up to user. something like Google+ cards. There are some points that I want

Answer 1

I've just tried this and it seems to meet all of your requirements:

boolean[] animationStates;

public void YourConstructor(...) {
    ...
    animationStates = new boolean[data.size()];
}

@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    // (Re)Use the convertView
    if (convertView == null) {
        convertView = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.popup_list_item, parent, false);
        if (!animationStates[position]) {
            Log.e("TAG", "Animating item no: " + position);
            animationStates[position] = true;
            Animation animation = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(mContext, R.anim.fade_in);
            animation.setStartOffset(position*500);
            convertView.startAnimation(animation);
        }
    }
    // Use convertView here
    return convertView;
}

Here's my fade_in.xml file if you're interested:

<set
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:fillAfter="true">
    <alpha
        android:duration="1000"
        android:fromAlpha="0.0"
        android:toAlpha="1.0"/>
</set>