Brightness Screen Filter

Question

Does anyone have an idea how to implement an Brightness Screen Filter like the one here:

http://www.appbrain.com/app/screen-filter/com.haxor

I need a starting point and I can't figure out how to do it.

Answer 1

Just make a transparent full screen activity that lets touches pass through. To make touches pass through use the following Window flags before setting the contentView:

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  Window window = getWindow();

  // Let touches go through to apps/activities underneath.
  window.addFlags(FLAG_NOT_TOUCHABLE);

  // Now set up content view
  setContentView(R.layout.main);
}

For your main.xml layout file just use a full screen LinearLayout with a transparent background:

<LinearLayout
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:id="@+id/background"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent"
  android:background="#33000000">
</LinearLayout>

Then to adjust the "brightness" just change the value of the background colour from your code somewhere:

findViewById(R.id.background).setBackgroundColor(0x66000000);