public  class AlarmAlert  extends Activity 
{ 

    @Override 
     protected  void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)    
    { 
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); 
setContentView(R.layout.mylayout); 

ImageView img=(ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageView); 
img.setBackgroundResource(R.anim.simple_animation); 

MyAnimationRoutine mar=  new MyAnimationRoutine(); 
MyAnimationRoutine2 mar2=  new MyAnimationRoutine2(); 
Timer t= new Timer( false); 
t.schedule(mar,100); 
Timer t2= new Timer( false); 
t2.schedule(mar2,5000); 

}    
class MyAnimationRoutine  extends TimerTask{ 
@Override 
public  void run(){ 
    ImageView img=(ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageView); 
    AnimationDrawable frameAnimation=(AnimationDrawable) 
    img.getBackground(); 
    frameAnimation.start(); 
     
} 
} 
class MyAnimationRoutine2  extends TimerTask{ 
@Override 
public  void run() 
{ 
    ImageView img=(ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView); 
    AnimationDrawable frameAnimation=(AnimationDrawable) 
    img.getBackground(); 
    frameAnimation.stop(); 
} 
}