Making a android button’s background translucent,

Question

Is there a way to make an android button’s background translucent within xml code,
So the button has no background drawable?

This has been asked previously, see this answer for example http://stackoverflow.com/a/11279046/2333395 — Or Bar, Jan 22 '14 at 22:03

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 22 '14 at 22:06

android:background="@android:color/transparent"

You can also set your own colors:

android:background="#80000000"

The first two hex characters represent opacity. So #00000000 would be fully transparent. #80000000 would be 50% transparent. #FF000000 is opaque.

The other six values are the color itself. #80FF8080 is a color I just made up and is a translucent sort of pinkish.

Sound Conception · Answer 2 · 2014-01-22T22:14:58.490

0

Set the background to the standard android transparent color.

In Code:

myButton.setBackground(getResources().getColor(android.R.color.transparent));

In xml:

android:background="@android:color/transparent"

edited Jan 22 '14 at 22:14

answered Jan 22 '14 at 22:03

Sound Conception

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 22 '14 at 22:04

0

The best way is to create a selector.

answered Jan 22 '14 at 22:04

android_dev_

3 Answers3