set shape background to transparent in android
Solution 1
if you want set shape background to transparent you need to set this color
<solid android:color="#00000000" />
Solution 2
for creating a color including an opacity effect, you can create a color with taking the alpha channel into account.
<resources>
<color name="translucent_grey">#88cccccc</color>
</resources>
a quote from another User about the color formats:
When defining the color of a view in android, the format can be either #RRGGBB or #AARRGGBB, where AA is the hex alpha value. FF would be fully opaque and 00 would be full transparent.
more information about this technique can be found in this thread: How to Set Opacity (Alpha) for View in Android
Regards, Jim
Solution 3
You can use this :
<solid
android:color="@android:color/transparent"/>
This is working for me.
Solution 4
I found the answer. Direct quote:
The easiest way that I have found is to set the activity's theme in the AndroidManifest to android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Dialog" then in the activity's onCreate method call getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(0));
from @DrewLeonce in Android: how to create a transparent dialog-themed activity
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Updated on June 11, 2020Comments
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Cote Mounyo almost 4 years
I have a shape drawable that I want to use as a background. I want the shape to be transparent. But so far it's not. How do I do that? Here is what I have:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:padding="10dp" android:shape="rectangle" > <solid android:color="#80000000" /> <stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#000000" /> <corners android:radius="10dp" /> </shape>
I expected the line
<solid android:color="#80000000" />
to do the trick.EDIT:
In manifest, I set
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Dialog"
. Could that be the cause of the problem? I am basically trying to get this view on top of another. Changing to 00 or FF or whatever else does not work.