En example of removing a view after finishing an animation.

AndroidAnimationViewRemove.java

final ScaleAnimation scale = new ScaleAnimation(1.0f, 0.1f, 1.0f, 0.1f,
        Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f,
        Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f);
final AlphaAnimation alpha = new AlphaAnimation(0.9f, 0.1f);

final AnimationSet set = new AnimationSet(true);
set.addAnimation(scale);
set.addAnimation(alpha);
set.setFillAfter(true);
set.setDuration(1500);

set.setAnimationListener(new AnimationListener() {
    @Override
  	public void onAnimationEnd(final Animation animation) {
			parentView.post(new Runnable() {
				@Override
				public void run() {
					parentView.removeView(imgView);
				}
			});
		}
});


imgView.setAnimation(animation);