Rotating a view in Android

API 11 added a setRotation() method to all views.

You could create an animation and apply it to your button view. For example:

    // Locate view
    ImageView diskView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView3);

    // Create an animation instance
    Animation an = new RotateAnimation(0.0f, 360.0f, pivotX, pivotY);

    // Set the animation's parameters
    an.setDuration(10000);               // duration in ms
    an.setRepeatCount(0);                // -1 = infinite repeated
    an.setRepeatMode(Animation.REVERSE); // reverses each repeat
    an.setFillAfter(true);               // keep rotation after animation

    // Aply animation to image view
    diskView.setAnimation(an);

Extend the TextView class and override the onDraw() method. Make sure the parent view is large enough to handle the rotated button without clipping it.

@Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
     canvas.save();
     canvas.rotate(45,<appropriate x pivot value>,<appropriate y pivot value>);
     super.onDraw(canvas);
     canvas.restore();

} 

I just used the simple line in my code and it works :

myCusstomView.setRotation(45);

Hope it works for you.