How can I make an image transparent on Android?

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khan picture khan · Feb 22, 2011 · Viewed 113.4k times · Source

I am using a linear layout and frame layout. In the linear layout I keep an image as background and in the frame layout I keep an imageView. In that imageView I give an image.

Now I want to make the second image (that is in the imageView) transparent. How can I do this?

Answer

Rubycon picture Rubycon · Feb 22, 2011

Try this:

ImageView myImage = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.myImage);
myImage.setAlpha(127); //value: [0-255]. Where 0 is fully transparent and 255 is fully opaque.

Note: setAlpha(int) is deprecated in favor of setAlpha(float) where 0 is fully transparent and 1 is fully opaque. Use it like: myImage.setAlpha(0.5f)

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