Let flavioarfaria/KenBurnsView do the image animation.

App/build.gradle

@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.1.0'
+    compile 'com.flaviofaria:kenburnsview:1.0.4'
 }

App/src/main/java/com/flavienlaurent/notboringactionbar/NoBoringActionBarActivity.java

@@ -1,37 +1,54 @@
 package com.flavienlaurent.notboringactionbar;
 
+import android.animation.LayoutTransition;
 import android.app.ActionBar;
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.content.res.TypedArray;
 import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.graphics.RectF;
+import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.text.Spannable;
 import android.text.SpannableString;
 import android.text.style.ForegroundColorSpan;
 import android.text.style.TypefaceSpan;
 import android.util.TypedValue;
 import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.view.animation.AccelerateDecelerateInterpolator;
 import android.widget.AbsListView;
 import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.ListView;
 import android.widget.TextView;
+import android.widget.ViewSwitcher;
+
+import com.flaviofaria.kenburnsview.KenBurnsView;
+import com.flaviofaria.kenburnsview.KenBurnsView.TransitionListener;
+import com.flaviofaria.kenburnsview.Transition;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
-public class NoBoringActionBarActivity extends Activity {
+public class NoBoringActionBarActivity extends Activity implements TransitionListener {
+
+    private static final int TRANSITIONS_TO_SWITCH = 3;
+
+    private static final int[] PICTURE_RES_IDS = {
+            R.drawable.picture0,
+            R.drawable.picture1
+    };
 
     private static final String TAG = "NoBoringActionBarActivity";
     private int mActionBarTitleColor;
     private int mActionBarHeight;
     private int mHeaderHeight;
     private int mMinHeaderTranslation;
     private ListView mListView;
-    private KenBurnsView mHeaderPicture;
+    private ViewSwitcher mPictureSwitcher;
+    private KenBurnsView mPicture0;
+    private KenBurnsView mPicture1;
     private ImageView mHeaderLogo;
     private View mHeader;
     private View mPlaceHolderView;
@@ -40,6 +57,9 @@ public class NoBoringActionBarActivity extends Activity {
     private RectF mRect1 = new RectF();
     private RectF mRect2 = new RectF();
 
+    private int mTransitionsCount = 0;
+    private int mCurrentPictureIndex = 0;
+
     private AlphaForegroundColorSpan mAlphaForegroundColorSpan;
     private SpannableString mSpannableString;
 
@@ -57,8 +77,12 @@ protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 
         mListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listview);
         mHeader = findViewById(R.id.header);
-        mHeaderPicture = (KenBurnsView) findViewById(R.id.header_picture);
-        mHeaderPicture.setResourceIds(R.drawable.picture0, R.drawable.picture1);
+        mPictureSwitcher = (ViewSwitcher) findViewById(R.id.header_switcher);
+        mPicture0 = (KenBurnsView) findViewById(R.id.picture0);
+        mPicture0.setTransitionListener(this);
+        mPicture1 = (KenBurnsView) findViewById(R.id.picture1);
+        mPicture1.setTransitionListener(this);
+        swapPicture();
         mHeaderLogo = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.header_logo);
 
         mActionBarTitleColor = getResources().getColor(R.color.actionbar_title_color);
@@ -70,6 +94,7 @@ protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         setupListView();
     }
 
+
     private void setupListView() {
         ArrayList<String> FAKES = new ArrayList<String>();
         for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
@@ -171,4 +196,29 @@ public int getActionBarHeight() {
         mActionBarHeight = TypedValue.complexToDimensionPixelSize(mTypedValue.data, getResources().getDisplayMetrics());
         return mActionBarHeight;
     }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void onTransitionStart(Transition transition) {
+
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void onTransitionEnd(Transition transition) {
+        mTransitionsCount++;
+        if (mTransitionsCount == TRANSITIONS_TO_SWITCH) {
+            swapPicture();
+            mTransitionsCount = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private void swapPicture() {
+        KenBurnsView kenBurnsView = (KenBurnsView) mPictureSwitcher.getNextView();
+        mCurrentPictureIndex = (mCurrentPictureIndex + 1) % PICTURE_RES_IDS.length;
+        int drawableResId = PICTURE_RES_IDS[mCurrentPictureIndex];
+        kenBurnsView.setImageResource(drawableResId);
+        mPictureSwitcher.showNext();
+    }
 }

App/src/main/res/layout/activity_noboringactionbar.xml

@@ -17,11 +17,24 @@
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="@dimen/header_height">
 
-        <com.flavienlaurent.notboringactionbar.KenBurnsView
-            android:id="@+id/header_picture"
+        <ViewSwitcher
+            android:id="@+id/header_switcher"
             android:layout_width="match_parent"
             android:layout_height="match_parent"
-            android:src="@drawable/picture0" />
+            android:inAnimation="@android:anim/fade_in"
+            android:outAnimation="@android:anim/fade_out">
+
+            <com.flaviofaria.kenburnsview.KenBurnsView
+                android:id="@+id/picture0"
+                android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                android:layout_height="match_parent" />
+
+            <com.flaviofaria.kenburnsview.KenBurnsView
+                android:id="@+id/picture1"
+                android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                android:layout_height="match_parent" />
+
+        </ViewSwitcher>
 
         <ImageView
             android:id="@+id/header_logo"