Android TransitionDrawable with multiple items

You can do it by using a handler

mAnimateImage is your button

int DrawableImage[] = {R.drawable.back_red, R.drawable.back_green, R.drawable.back_purple};

final Handler handler = new Handler();
    final int[] i = {0};
    final int[] j = {1};
    handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    Resources res = getApplicationContext().getResources();
                    TransitionDrawable out = new TransitionDrawable(new Drawable[]{res.getDrawable(DrawableImage[i[0]]), res.getDrawable(DrawableImage[j[0]])});
                    out.setCrossFadeEnabled(true);
                    mAnimateImage.setBackgroundDrawable(out);
                    out.startTransition(4000);
                    i[0]++;
                    j[0]++;
                    if (j[0] == DrawableImage.length) {
                        j[0] = 0;
                    }
                    if (i[0] == DrawableImage.length) {
                        i[0] = 0;
                    }
                    handler.postDelayed(this, 8000);
                }
            });
        }
    }, 0);

According to the official documentation, TransitionDrawable can only cross-fade among 2 layers, quoting from the official android reference.

An extension of LayerDrawables that is intended to cross-fade between the first and second layer. To start the transition, call startTransition(int). To display just the first layer, call resetTransition().

If you don't read it carefully, since it extends LayerDrawables, which can have multiple layers, one may expect that you could cross-fade from N layers. But it is very clear, startTransition shows the second layer, resetTransition shows the first.

I suggest you do your own implementation for multiple transitions. What I'd do is to have 2 images and animate them. You may need to set the drawables by hand, but it should be a quite simple piece of code.

in appendix operating time you can dynamically change pictures

Use td.setDrawableByLayerId(td.getId(1), drawable) on your TransitionDrawable

TransitionDrawable transitionDrawable = (TransitionDrawable) myImage
                            .getDrawable();
transitionDrawable.setDrawableByLayerId(transitionDrawable.getId(1), getResources()
                            .getDrawable(R.drawable.c));