workaround class for Android animation set repeatCount problem.

activity.onCreate.java

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
	super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
	...
	new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
		@Override public void run() {
			findViewById(R.id.someview).startAnimation(
				AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(AlarmAlert.this, R.anim.someanimation)
			);
		}
	}, 1000);
}

animation.xml

<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:interpolator="@android:anim/decelerate_interpolator"
    android:shareInterpolator="true"
    >
    <alpha
        android:duration="250"
        android:fromAlpha="0.0"
        android:toAlpha="1.0"
        />
    <alpha
        android:duration="1000"
        android:fromAlpha="1.0"
        android:toAlpha="1.0"
        />
</set>

AnimationLooper.java

import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener;
import android.view.animation.Animation;
import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils;
import android.view.animation.Animation.AnimationListener;

public class AnimationLooper{
	
	public static void start(final View v, final int animationResId){
		v.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
			@Override public void onGlobalLayout() {
				v.getViewTreeObserver().removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(this);
				Animation a = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(v.getContext(), animationResId);
				a.setAnimationListener(new AnimationListener() {
					@Override public void onAnimationStart(Animation animation) {}
					@Override public void onAnimationRepeat(Animation animation) {}
					@Override public void onAnimationEnd(Animation animation) {
						animation.reset();
						animation.startNow();
					}
				});
				v.startAnimation(a);
			}
		});
	}

	public static void stop(final View v){
		v.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
			@Override public void onGlobalLayout() {
				v.getViewTreeObserver().removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(this);
				Animation a = v.getAnimation();
				if(a != null){
					a.setAnimationListener(null);
					a.cancel();
				}
				v.setAnimation(null);
			}
		});
	}

}

stronger would be to change this class to rely on a GlobalLayoutListener instead of the arbitrary time delay ... the benefit being reliability and elegance.

refactd AnimationLooper to use ViewTree and got rid of unnecessary animation instances