androidandroid-activitytransparent

How do I create a transparent Activity on Android?


I want to create a transparent Activity on top of another activity.

How can I achieve this?


Solution

  • Add the following style in your res/values/styles.xml file (if you don’t have one, create it.) Here’s a complete file:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <resources>
      <style name="Theme.Transparent" parent="android:Theme">
        <item name="android:windowIsTranslucent">true</item>
        <item name="android:windowBackground">@android:color/transparent</item>
        <item name="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item>
        <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
        <item name="android:windowIsFloating">true</item>
        <item name="android:backgroundDimEnabled">false</item>
      </style>
    </resources>
    

    (The value @color/transparent is the color value #00000000 which I put in the res/values/color.xml file. You can also use @android:color/transparent in later Android versions.)

    Then apply the style to your activity, for example:

    <activity android:name=".SampleActivity" android:theme="@style/Theme.Transparent">
    ...
    </activity>