Android "Tooltip"

The current Android YouTube application provides helpful hints for navigating the user interface. For example: the first time the user switches between tabs while a video is playing, a small "tooltip" with an arrow pops开发者_如何学Python up and says "You can also switch between tabs by swiping left and right." or something to that effect. Is there a way to mimic the look and functionality of this tooltip?

The best way I could think of doing that is having something in a preferences file and when the user triggers a certain event (pressing a tab in Youtube rather than swiping) it brings up a custom view or even a Toast message. Then, after the tooltip is triggered, set the specific tag in the preferences file as triggered.