Start animation programatically and multi-touch same item multiple times

Hello!

How would I go about clicking a button really fast? It seems that this is not possible, let's say I want to click it 5 times in a second; I won't be able because of the animation. How can I manage it?

Also, is it possible to start an animation of one of the RippleView programatically, without clicking the actual button?

Thanks!