LayoutAnimation on a ListView backed by a CursorAdapter

I have a LayoutAnimation defined in XML and set on my ListView XML with android:layoutAnimation, so when the Activity is first created the individual rows animate on layout but when I change the Cursor linked to the CursorAdapter with changeCursor the ListView updates correctly but the rows do not animate. The Cursor is populated on a background thread (h开发者_开发百科owever populating it on the ui thread makes no difference).

How can I get the ListView to run the LayoutAnimation again when the Cursor changes? I have tried invalidateViews and requestLayout, neither of which work.

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Extend ListView and CursorAdpater, it will give you much more control over the layout etc by overriding the necessary methods.

Using LayoutAnimationController in code may be preferable to XML android:layoutAnimation.