Set Background color of Surface View

Question

I want to set a background color to the surface view to my camera surface view.

I am using this for implementing the same. But this example is not complete. Can anyone please help me with some other useful link.

Thanks

Answer 1

There's a workaround to do this.

1. add a parent viewgroup for the surfaceview, set the background color to this viewgroup instead of the surfaceview;

   <FrameLayout
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="match_parent"
       android:background="@android:color/holo_blue_dark">
   
       <com.example.surfacetest.MySurface
           android:id="@+id/surface"
           android:layout_width="match_parent"
           android:layout_height="match_parent" />
   
   </FrameLayout>
   

2. add the following for the SurfaceView instance;

   surfaceView.setZOrderOnTop(true);
   surfaceView.getHolder().setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);
   

Now you get the background color you want and the surfaceview is tanslucent.