Animate markers on Google MapView

Issue

I am working on an Android app that displays multiple markers on a Google MapView. Everything works perfectly but I would like the markers to have an animation when they appear on the map.

Here's an example of something similar on iPhone. See 1'20".

Here is how I add them to my MapView.

for(int i=0; i<myMarkerList.length(); i++){
GeoPoint x = new GeoPoint(
                (int)(lat*1E6),
                    (int)(lng*1E6));

        oItem = new OverlayItem(x, title, String.valueOf(nb_marker));
        pin.setAlpha(255);
        oItem.setMarker(pin);           

        if (oItem != null)              
            mapOverlay.addOverlay(oItem); // add the overlay item to the overlay            
        }              
        mapOverlays.add(mapOverlay); // add the overlay to the list of overlays
        mapView.invalidate(); // update the map shown

It is so pretty on iPhone, and someone must have already done something similar on Android but I can't seem to find any useful info.

EDIT: Okay so I recon I either have to override the draw method which will be long and not that pretty, or just give up with OverlayItems.

Thank you for your time.

Best regards,

Tom

Solution

So I got it to work using a simple ArrayList of ImageViews and animation on them, no MapOverlay.

Answered By - Tom