How to create transparent activity in android?

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Narasimha picture Narasimha · May 2, 2013 · Viewed 30.3k times · Source

How to create transparent activity in android in that screen tap to dismiss button automatically dismiss the activity. please provide any solution.

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Answer

Rachita Nanda picture Rachita Nanda · May 2, 2013

There are two ways to achieve this

  • use the following theme for activity.

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent"

  • Set background of the activity as a trans parent png image or a transparent code

eg.

android:background="@drawable/transparent_bg"

or

android:background="#33BBFFFF"

this is a semi transparent color

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  • To dismiss activity on tap implement onTouchListener and when touch event is detected call finish();

Hope it helps !!

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