How to make a ListView transparent in Android?

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Tamaghna M picture Tamaghna M · Sep 4, 2009 · Viewed 89.5k times · Source

How to make the ListView transparent in android?

The background android screen image should be visible.

Answer

Matthias picture Matthias · Sep 7, 2009

You should use the more verbose

android:background="@android:color/transparent"
android:cacheColorHint="@android:color/transparent"

Updated with Jacky's response. I originally merely meant to add to his answer, since he was using a plain hex color in the sample.

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