 <p>create your own custom view, and use that. you can animate them in every way you like, using canvas you have given in onDraw() method. </p> <p>this may help: <a href="http://www.apleben.com/2011/01/custom-android-view-the-definition/" rel="nofollow">http://www.apleben.com/2011/01/custom-android-view-the-definition/</a></p>