public static void hideScaleAnimationFromPivot(View v, AnimatorListener animatorListener) {

        ViewPropertyAnimator viewPropertyAnimator = v.animate()
            .setInterpolator(new AccelerateDecelerateInterpolator())
            .scaleY(SCALE_START_ANCHOR)
            .setDuration(SCALE_DELAY);

        if (animatorListener != null)
            viewPropertyAnimator.setListener(animatorListener);

        viewPropertyAnimator.start();

    }
Shows a view by scaling

@param v the view to be scaled

@return the ViewPropertyAnimation to manage the animation
HackVG/app/src/main/java/com/hackvg/android/utils/GUIUtils.java