diff --git a/core/java/android/view/PointerIcon.java b/core/java/android/view/PointerIcon.java
index 88e9a952f778c..b61706ef44243 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/PointerIcon.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/PointerIcon.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.content.res.TypedArray;
 import android.content.res.XmlResourceParser;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
+import android.graphics.drawable.AnimationDrawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.os.Parcel;
@@ -142,6 +143,10 @@ public final class PointerIcon implements Parcelable {
     private Bitmap mBitmap;
     private float mHotSpotX;
     private float mHotSpotY;
+    // The bitmaps for the additional frame of animated pointer icon. Note that the first frame
+    // will be stored in mBitmap.
+    private Bitmap mBitmapFrames[];
+    private int mDurationPerFrame;
 
     private PointerIcon(int style) {
         mStyle = style;
@@ -472,6 +477,36 @@ public final class PointerIcon implements Parcelable {
         } else {
             drawable = context.getDrawable(bitmapRes);
         }
+        if (drawable instanceof AnimationDrawable) {
+            // Extract animation frame bitmaps.
+            final AnimationDrawable animationDrawable = (AnimationDrawable) drawable;
+            final int frames = animationDrawable.getNumberOfFrames();
+            drawable = animationDrawable.getFrame(0);
+            if (frames == 1) {
+                Log.w(TAG, "Animation icon with single frame -- simply treating the first "
+                        + "frame as a normal bitmap icon.");
+            } else {
+                // Assumes they have the exact duration.
+                mDurationPerFrame = animationDrawable.getDuration(0);
+                mBitmapFrames = new Bitmap[frames - 1];
+                final int width = drawable.getIntrinsicWidth();
+                final int height = drawable.getIntrinsicHeight();
+                for (int i = 1; i < frames; ++i) {
+                    Drawable drawableFrame = animationDrawable.getFrame(i);
+                    if (!(drawableFrame instanceof BitmapDrawable)) {
+                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Frame of an animated pointer icon "
+                                + "must refer to a bitmap drawable.");
+                    }
+                    if (drawableFrame.getIntrinsicWidth() != width ||
+                        drawableFrame.getIntrinsicHeight() != height) {
+                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("The bitmap size of " + i + "-th frame "
+                                + "is different. All frames should have the exact same size and "
+                                + "share the same hotspot.");
+                    }
+                    mBitmapFrames[i - 1] = ((BitmapDrawable)drawableFrame).getBitmap();
+                }
+            }
+        }
         if (!(drawable instanceof BitmapDrawable)) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("<pointer-icon> bitmap attribute must "
                     + "refer to a bitmap drawable.");
@@ -509,8 +544,7 @@ public final class PointerIcon implements Parcelable {
             case STYLE_HELP:
                 return com.android.internal.R.styleable.Pointer_pointerIconHelp;
             case STYLE_WAIT:
-                // falls back to the default icon because no animation support.
-                return com.android.internal.R.styleable.Pointer_pointerIconArrow;
+                return com.android.internal.R.styleable.Pointer_pointerIconWait;
             case STYLE_CELL:
                 return com.android.internal.R.styleable.Pointer_pointerIconCell;
             case STYLE_CROSSHAIR:
diff --git a/core/jni/android_view_PointerIcon.cpp b/core/jni/android_view_PointerIcon.cpp
index d04adbfc742b4..d7e2c028a23ff 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_view_PointerIcon.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_view_PointerIcon.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <android_runtime/Log.h>
 #include <utils/Log.h>
 #include <android/graphics/GraphicsJNI.h>
+#include "ScopedLocalRef.h"
 
 #include "core_jni_helpers.h"
 
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ static struct {
     jfieldID mBitmap;
     jfieldID mHotSpotX;
     jfieldID mHotSpotY;
+    jfieldID mBitmapFrames;
+    jfieldID mDurationPerFrame;
     jmethodID getSystemIcon;
     jmethodID load;
 } gPointerIconClassInfo;
@@ -84,6 +87,19 @@ status_t android_view_PointerIcon_load(JNIEnv* env, jobject pointerIconObj, jobj
         env->DeleteLocalRef(bitmapObj);
     }
 
+    ScopedLocalRef<jobjectArray> bitmapFramesObj(env, reinterpret_cast<jobjectArray>(
+            env->GetObjectField(loadedPointerIconObj, gPointerIconClassInfo.mBitmapFrames)));
+    if (bitmapFramesObj.get()) {
+        outPointerIcon->durationPerFrame = env->GetIntField(
+                loadedPointerIconObj, gPointerIconClassInfo.mDurationPerFrame);
+        jsize size = env->GetArrayLength(bitmapFramesObj.get());
+        outPointerIcon->bitmapFrames.resize(size);
+        for (jsize i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
+            ScopedLocalRef<jobject> bitmapObj(env, env->GetObjectArrayElement(bitmapFramesObj.get(), i));
+            GraphicsJNI::getSkBitmap(env, bitmapObj.get(), &(outPointerIcon->bitmapFrames[i]));
+        }
+    }
+
     env->DeleteLocalRef(loadedPointerIconObj);
     return OK;
 }
@@ -121,6 +137,12 @@ int register_android_view_PointerIcon(JNIEnv* env) {
     gPointerIconClassInfo.mHotSpotY = GetFieldIDOrDie(env, gPointerIconClassInfo.clazz,
             "mHotSpotY", "F");
 
+    gPointerIconClassInfo.mBitmapFrames = GetFieldIDOrDie(env, gPointerIconClassInfo.clazz,
+            "mBitmapFrames", "[Landroid/graphics/Bitmap;");
+
+    gPointerIconClassInfo.mDurationPerFrame = GetFieldIDOrDie(env, gPointerIconClassInfo.clazz,
+            "mDurationPerFrame", "I");
+
     gPointerIconClassInfo.getSystemIcon = GetStaticMethodIDOrDie(env, gPointerIconClassInfo.clazz,
             "getSystemIcon", "(Landroid/content/Context;I)Landroid/view/PointerIcon;");
 
diff --git a/core/jni/android_view_PointerIcon.h b/core/jni/android_view_PointerIcon.h
index 86f288d0d7114..ca080850df940 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_view_PointerIcon.h
+++ b/core/jni/android_view_PointerIcon.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 #include "jni.h"
 
+#include <vector>
+
 #include <utils/Errors.h>
 #include <SkBitmap.h>
 
@@ -69,6 +71,8 @@ struct PointerIcon {
     SkBitmap bitmap;
     float hotSpotX;
     float hotSpotY;
+    std::vector<SkBitmap> bitmapFrames;
+    int32_t durationPerFrame;
 
     inline bool isNullIcon() {
         return style == POINTER_ICON_STYLE_NULL;
@@ -79,6 +83,8 @@ struct PointerIcon {
         bitmap.reset();
         hotSpotX = 0;
         hotSpotY = 0;
+        bitmapFrames.clear();
+        durationPerFrame = 0;
     }
 };
 
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diff --git a/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_32.png b/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_32.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3297a7d15e5fe
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diff --git a/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_33.png b/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_33.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b0ac3b9655ed2
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diff --git a/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_34.png b/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_34.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0eaa386232806
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diff --git a/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_35.png b/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_35.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..73894d8981c9c
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diff --git a/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_4.png b/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_4.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ea44e85ded920
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diff --git a/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_5.png b/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_5.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..46c399dc57e24
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diff --git a/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_6.png b/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_6.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3b9aff69813d3
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diff --git a/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_7.png b/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_7.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a54edc06e45fc
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diff --git a/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_8.png b/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_8.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2f30732dbc579
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diff --git a/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_9.png b/core/res/res/drawable-xhdpi/pointer_wait_9.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f39c7a753959a
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diff --git a/core/res/res/drawable/pointer_wait.xml b/core/res/res/drawable/pointer_wait.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8955ce8dd4184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/res/res/drawable/pointer_wait.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<animation-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:oneshot="false">
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_1" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_2" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_3" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_4" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_5" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_6" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_7" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_8" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_9" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_10" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_11" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_12" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_13" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_14" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_15" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_16" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_17" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_18" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_19" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_20" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_21" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_22" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_23" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_24" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_25" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_26" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_27" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_28" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_29" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_30" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_31" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_32" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_33" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_34" android:duration="25"/>
+  <item android:drawable="@drawable/pointer_wait_35" android:duration="25"/>
+</animation-list>
diff --git a/core/res/res/drawable/pointer_wait_icon.xml b/core/res/res/drawable/pointer_wait_icon.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d9b03b096093e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/res/res/drawable/pointer_wait_icon.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<pointer-icon xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:bitmap="@drawable/pointer_wait"
+    android:hotSpotX="7dp"
+    android:hotSpotY="7dp" />
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml b/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml
index 90fc22b8b3b81..0f817f3302848 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml
@@ -7631,6 +7631,8 @@ i
         <attr name="pointerIconHand" format="reference"/>
         <!-- Reference to a pointer drawable with STYLE_HELP -->
         <attr name="pointerIconHelp" format="reference"/>
+        <!-- Reference to a pointer drawable with STYLE_WAIT -->
+        <attr name="pointerIconWait" format="reference"/>
         <!-- Reference to a pointer drawable with STYLE_CELL -->
         <attr name="pointerIconCell" format="reference"/>
         <!-- Reference to a pointer drawable with STYLE_CROSSHAIR -->
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/styles.xml b/core/res/res/values/styles.xml
index b831df827a8c8..eb99077beff6b 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -1339,6 +1339,7 @@ please see styles_device_defaults.xml.
         <item name="pointerIconHand">@drawable/pointer_hand_icon</item>
         <item name="pointerIconContextMenu">@drawable/pointer_context_menu_icon</item>
         <item name="pointerIconHelp">@drawable/pointer_help_icon</item>
+        <item name="pointerIconWait">@drawable/pointer_wait_icon</item>
         <item name="pointerIconCell">@drawable/pointer_cell_icon</item>
         <item name="pointerIconCrosshair">@drawable/pointer_crosshair_icon</item>
         <item name="pointerIconText">@drawable/pointer_text_icon</item>
diff --git a/libs/input/PointerController.cpp b/libs/input/PointerController.cpp
index c9586e4ca81d3..bd6af788bcf74 100644
--- a/libs/input/PointerController.cpp
+++ b/libs/input/PointerController.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ PointerController::PointerController(const sp<PointerControllerPolicyInterface>&
     mLocked.pointerIconChanged = false;
     mLocked.requestedPointerShape = mPolicy->getDefaultPointerIconId();
 
+    mLocked.animationFrameIndex = 0;
+    mLocked.lastFrameUpdatedTime = 0;
+
     mLocked.buttonState = 0;
 
     loadResources();
@@ -239,7 +242,8 @@ void PointerController::setPresentation(Presentation presentation) {
     AutoMutex _l(mLock);
 
     if (presentation == PRESENTATION_POINTER && mLocked.additionalMouseResources.empty()) {
-        mPolicy->loadAdditionalMouseResources(&mLocked.additionalMouseResources);
+        mPolicy->loadAdditionalMouseResources(&mLocked.additionalMouseResources,
+                                              &mLocked.animationResources);
     }
 
     if (mLocked.presentation != presentation) {
@@ -402,7 +406,7 @@ void PointerController::setDisplayViewport(int32_t width, int32_t height, int32_
     updatePointerLocked();
 }
 
-void PointerController::updatePointerShape(int iconId) {
+void PointerController::updatePointerShape(int32_t iconId) {
     AutoMutex _l(mLock);
     if (mLocked.requestedPointerShape != iconId) {
         mLocked.requestedPointerShape = iconId;
@@ -462,8 +466,17 @@ int PointerController::handleEvent(int /* fd */, int events, void* /* data */) {
 void PointerController::doAnimate(nsecs_t timestamp) {
     AutoMutex _l(mLock);
 
-    bool keepAnimating = false;
     mLocked.animationPending = false;
+
+    bool keepFading = doFadingAnimationLocked(timestamp);
+    bool keepBitmapFlipping = doBitmapAnimationLocked(timestamp);
+    if (keepFading || keepBitmapFlipping) {
+        startAnimationLocked();
+    }
+}
+
+bool PointerController::doFadingAnimationLocked(nsecs_t timestamp) {
+    bool keepAnimating = false;
     nsecs_t frameDelay = timestamp - mLocked.animationTime;
 
     // Animate pointer fade.
@@ -501,10 +514,32 @@ void PointerController::doAnimate(nsecs_t timestamp) {
             }
         }
     }
+    return keepAnimating;
+}
 
-    if (keepAnimating) {
-        startAnimationLocked();
+bool PointerController::doBitmapAnimationLocked(nsecs_t timestamp) {
+    std::map<int32_t, PointerAnimation>::const_iterator iter = mLocked.animationResources.find(
+            mLocked.requestedPointerShape);
+    if (iter == mLocked.animationResources.end()) {
+        return false;
     }
+
+    if (timestamp - mLocked.lastFrameUpdatedTime > iter->second.durationPerFrame) {
+        mSpriteController->openTransaction();
+
+        int incr = (timestamp - mLocked.lastFrameUpdatedTime) / iter->second.durationPerFrame;
+        mLocked.animationFrameIndex += incr;
+        mLocked.lastFrameUpdatedTime += iter->second.durationPerFrame * incr;
+        while (mLocked.animationFrameIndex >= iter->second.animationFrames.size()) {
+            mLocked.animationFrameIndex -= iter->second.animationFrames.size();
+        }
+        mLocked.pointerSprite->setIcon(iter->second.animationFrames[mLocked.animationFrameIndex]);
+
+        mSpriteController->closeTransaction();
+    }
+
+    // Keep animating.
+    return true;
 }
 
 void PointerController::doInactivityTimeout() {
@@ -549,9 +584,16 @@ void PointerController::updatePointerLocked() {
             if (mLocked.requestedPointerShape == mPolicy->getDefaultPointerIconId()) {
                 mLocked.pointerSprite->setIcon(mLocked.pointerIcon);
             } else {
-                std::map<int, SpriteIcon>::const_iterator iter =
+                std::map<int32_t, SpriteIcon>::const_iterator iter =
                     mLocked.additionalMouseResources.find(mLocked.requestedPointerShape);
                 if (iter != mLocked.additionalMouseResources.end()) {
+                    std::map<int32_t, PointerAnimation>::const_iterator anim_iter =
+                            mLocked.animationResources.find(mLocked.requestedPointerShape);
+                    if (anim_iter != mLocked.animationResources.end()) {
+                        mLocked.animationFrameIndex = 0;
+                        mLocked.lastFrameUpdatedTime = systemTime(SYSTEM_TIME_MONOTONIC);
+                        startAnimationLocked();
+                    }
                     mLocked.pointerSprite->setIcon(iter->second);
                 } else {
                     ALOGW("Can't find the resource for icon id %d", mLocked.requestedPointerShape);
diff --git a/libs/input/PointerController.h b/libs/input/PointerController.h
index 6d840db0ec5c9..b6c01d2903a9d 100644
--- a/libs/input/PointerController.h
+++ b/libs/input/PointerController.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "SpriteController.h"
 
 #include <map>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include <ui/DisplayInfo.h>
 #include <input/Input.h>
@@ -30,8 +31,6 @@
 #include <utils/String8.h>
 #include <gui/DisplayEventReceiver.h>
 
-#include <SkBitmap.h>
-
 namespace android {
 
 /*
@@ -43,6 +42,11 @@ struct PointerResources {
     SpriteIcon spotAnchor;
 };
 
+struct PointerAnimation {
+    std::vector<SpriteIcon> animationFrames;
+    nsecs_t durationPerFrame;
+};
+
 /*
  * Pointer controller policy interface.
  *
@@ -59,7 +63,8 @@ protected:
 
 public:
     virtual void loadPointerResources(PointerResources* outResources) = 0;
-    virtual void loadAdditionalMouseResources(std::map<int32_t, SpriteIcon>* outResources) = 0;
+    virtual void loadAdditionalMouseResources(std::map<int32_t, SpriteIcon>* outResources,
+            std::map<int32_t, PointerAnimation>* outAnimationResources) = 0;
     virtual int32_t getDefaultPointerIconId() = 0;
 };
 
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ public:
             const uint32_t* spotIdToIndex, BitSet32 spotIdBits);
     virtual void clearSpots();
 
-    void updatePointerShape(int iconId);
+    void updatePointerShape(int32_t iconId);
     void setDisplayViewport(int32_t width, int32_t height, int32_t orientation);
     void setPointerIcon(const SpriteIcon& icon);
     void setInactivityTimeout(InactivityTimeout inactivityTimeout);
@@ -145,6 +150,9 @@ private:
         bool animationPending;
         nsecs_t animationTime;
 
+        size_t animationFrameIndex;
+        nsecs_t lastFrameUpdatedTime;
+
         int32_t displayWidth;
         int32_t displayHeight;
         int32_t displayOrientation;
@@ -162,7 +170,8 @@ private:
         SpriteIcon pointerIcon;
         bool pointerIconChanged;
 
-        std::map<int, SpriteIcon> additionalMouseResources;
+        std::map<int32_t, SpriteIcon> additionalMouseResources;
+        std::map<int32_t, PointerAnimation> animationResources;
 
         int32_t requestedPointerShape;
 
@@ -178,6 +187,8 @@ private:
     void handleMessage(const Message& message);
     int handleEvent(int fd, int events, void* data);
     void doAnimate(nsecs_t timestamp);
+    bool doFadingAnimationLocked(nsecs_t timestamp);
+    bool doBitmapAnimationLocked(nsecs_t timestamp);
     void doInactivityTimeout();
 
     void startAnimationLocked();
diff --git a/services/core/jni/com_android_server_input_InputManagerService.cpp b/services/core/jni/com_android_server_input_InputManagerService.cpp
index be190cbef47d4..b5654eebd34f9 100644
--- a/services/core/jni/com_android_server_input_InputManagerService.cpp
+++ b/services/core/jni/com_android_server_input_InputManagerService.cpp
@@ -152,18 +152,23 @@ static jobject getInputWindowHandleObjLocalRef(JNIEnv* env,
             getInputWindowHandleObjLocalRef(env);
 }
 
-static void loadSystemIconAsSprite(JNIEnv* env, jobject contextObj, int32_t style,
-        SpriteIcon* outSpriteIcon) {
-    PointerIcon pointerIcon;
+static void loadSystemIconAsSpriteWithPointerIcon(JNIEnv* env, jobject contextObj, int32_t style,
+        PointerIcon* outPointerIcon, SpriteIcon* outSpriteIcon) {
     status_t status = android_view_PointerIcon_loadSystemIcon(env,
-            contextObj, style, &pointerIcon);
+            contextObj, style, outPointerIcon);
     if (!status) {
-        pointerIcon.bitmap.copyTo(&outSpriteIcon->bitmap, kN32_SkColorType);
-        outSpriteIcon->hotSpotX = pointerIcon.hotSpotX;
-        outSpriteIcon->hotSpotY = pointerIcon.hotSpotY;
+        outPointerIcon->bitmap.copyTo(&outSpriteIcon->bitmap, kN32_SkColorType);
+        outSpriteIcon->hotSpotX = outPointerIcon->hotSpotX;
+        outSpriteIcon->hotSpotY = outPointerIcon->hotSpotY;
     }
 }
 
+static void loadSystemIconAsSprite(JNIEnv* env, jobject contextObj, int32_t style,
+                                   SpriteIcon* outSpriteIcon) {
+    PointerIcon pointerIcon;
+    loadSystemIconAsSpriteWithPointerIcon(env, contextObj, style, &pointerIcon, outSpriteIcon);
+}
+
 enum {
     WM_ACTION_PASS_TO_USER = 1,
 };
@@ -238,7 +243,8 @@ public:
     /* --- PointerControllerPolicyInterface implementation --- */
 
     virtual void loadPointerResources(PointerResources* outResources);
-    virtual void loadAdditionalMouseResources(std::map<int32_t, SpriteIcon>* outResources);
+    virtual void loadAdditionalMouseResources(std::map<int32_t, SpriteIcon>* outResources,
+            std::map<int32_t, PointerAnimation>* outAnimationResources);
     virtual int32_t getDefaultPointerIconId();
 
 private:
@@ -1041,14 +1047,31 @@ void NativeInputManager::loadPointerResources(PointerResources* outResources) {
             &outResources->spotAnchor);
 }
 
-void NativeInputManager::loadAdditionalMouseResources(std::map<int32_t, SpriteIcon>* outResources) {
+void NativeInputManager::loadAdditionalMouseResources(std::map<int32_t, SpriteIcon>* outResources,
+        std::map<int32_t, PointerAnimation>* outAnimationResources) {
     JNIEnv* env = jniEnv();
 
     for (int iconId = POINTER_ICON_STYLE_CONTEXT_MENU; iconId <= POINTER_ICON_STYLE_GRABBING;
              ++iconId) {
-        loadSystemIconAsSprite(env, mContextObj, iconId, &((*outResources)[iconId]));
+        PointerIcon pointerIcon;
+        loadSystemIconAsSpriteWithPointerIcon(
+                env, mContextObj, iconId, &pointerIcon, &((*outResources)[iconId]));
+        if (!pointerIcon.bitmapFrames.empty()) {
+            PointerAnimation& animationData = (*outAnimationResources)[iconId];
+            size_t numFrames = pointerIcon.bitmapFrames.size() + 1;
+            animationData.durationPerFrame =
+                    milliseconds_to_nanoseconds(pointerIcon.durationPerFrame);
+            animationData.animationFrames.reserve(numFrames);
+            animationData.animationFrames.push_back(SpriteIcon(
+                    pointerIcon.bitmap, pointerIcon.hotSpotX, pointerIcon.hotSpotY));
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < numFrames - 1; ++i) {
+              animationData.animationFrames.push_back(SpriteIcon(
+                      pointerIcon.bitmapFrames[i], pointerIcon.hotSpotX, pointerIcon.hotSpotY));
+            }
+        }
     }
-    loadSystemIconAsSprite(env, mContextObj, POINTER_ICON_STYLE_NULL, &((*outResources)[POINTER_ICON_STYLE_NULL]));
+    loadSystemIconAsSprite(env, mContextObj, POINTER_ICON_STYLE_NULL,
+            &((*outResources)[POINTER_ICON_STYLE_NULL]));
 }
 
 int32_t NativeInputManager::getDefaultPointerIconId() {