1. A machine implemented method for animating views displayed on a display of a device, comprising: starting at least two animations; determining the progress of each animation to provide progress information for each animation; and updating each of the at least two animations to the display based on a single animation timer, wherein the single animation timer comprises a timer based on a redraw interval of hardware associated with the display, and wherein the single animation timer, based on the progress information from each of the animations, determines whether to update the display and wherein the progress information is provided in response to at least one progress call from a software component.