public static AlphaAnimation hideViewByAlpha(final View v) {
        AlphaAnimation alphaAnimation = new AlphaAnimation(1, 0);
        alphaAnimation.setDuration(ALPHA_SHORT_DURATION);
        v.setAnimation(alphaAnimation);
        return alphaAnimation;
    }
Shows a view by scaling

@param v the view to be scaled

@return the ViewPropertyAnimation to manage the animation
app/src/main/java/com/rozdoum/socialcomponents/utils/AnimationUtils.java