public int timePassed(){
  final long time=AnimationUtils.currentAnimationTimeMillis();
  final long startTime=Math.min(mScrollerX.mStartTime,mScrollerY.mStartTime);
  return (int)(time - startTime);
}

public int timePassed ( ) { final long time = AnimationUtils . currentAnimationTimeMillis ( ) ; final long startTime = Math . min ( mScrollerX . mStartTime , mScrollerY . mStartTime ) ; return ( int ) ( time - startTime ) ; }
returns the time elapsed since the beginning of the scrolling .
