TextSwitcher的Java Doc是这样描述自己的:
Specialized ViewSwitcher that contains only children of type TextView. A TextSwitcher is useful to animate a label on screen. Whenever setText(CharSequence) is called, TextSwitcher animates the current text out and animates the new text in.
由此可知,TextSwitcher: 
- 有个TextView子视图 
- 在文本更新时,能够让旧文本淡出,新文本淡入,从而呈现平滑切换的动画效果
    <TextSwitcher
        android:id="@+id/ts"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        android:layout_weight="1" >
    </TextSwitcher>
        mTs.setFactory(new TextSwitcher.ViewFactory() {
            @Override
            public View makeView() {
                final TextView tv = (TextView) LayoutInflater.from(
                        getApplicationContext()).inflate(R.layout.text, null);
                return tv;
            }
        });
        mTs.setInAnimation(AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(
                getApplicationContext(), android.R.anim.fade_in));
        mTs.setOutAnimation(AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(
                getApplicationContext(), android.R.anim.fade_out));
之后,执行mTs.setText(txt)来切换文本时就会产生如下效果: 
注:完整代码在 GitHub
[Android] TextSwitcher -- 做什么的
原文地址:http://blog.csdn.net/programs/article/details/45000445