How to Make a blinking text

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import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.animation.AlphaAnimation;
import android.view.animation.Animation;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        blinkText();
        //blinkText2();
    }
 
    private void blinkText(){
        final Handler handler = new Handler();
        new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
            int timeToBlink = 1000;    //in milissegunds
            try{
             Thread.sleep(timeToBlink);
         }catch (Exception e) {
       
         }
            handler.post(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                    public void run() {
                    TextView txt = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv);
                    if(txt.getVisibility() == View.VISIBLE){
                        txt.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
                    }else{
                        txt.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                    }
                    blinkText();
                }
                });
            }}).start();
   }
 
    public void blinkText2(){
     TextView myText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv );

     Animation anim = new AlphaAnimation(0.0f, 1.0f);
     anim.setDuration(50); //You can manage the time of the blink with this parameter
     anim.setStartOffset(20);
     anim.setRepeatMode(Animation.REVERSE);
     anim.setRepeatCount(Animation.INFINITE);
     myText.startAnimation(anim);
    }
 

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
        return true;
    }
 
 
}


//This is the activity main



<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

    android:layout_width="fill_parent"

    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >



    <TextView

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

        android:layout_centerVertical="true"

        android:text="@string/hello_world"

        tools:context=".MainActivity"

        android:id="@+id/tv" />

 

</RelativeLayout>