TextView and background color

Question

I want to set a transparent black color to my textview background color. How can I do it?

Transparent or black because transparent black doesn't make sense :) — ania, Aug 10 '12 at 12:19
Actually I need light black like dialog box background Is this possible? — dilaraates, Aug 10 '12 at 12:21
You can refer this link Transparent This link is helpful to you. — Dinesh Lingam, Aug 10 '12 at 12:22
[this ](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6608947/android-transparent-textview) may help you to give transparent background for a text view. — android, Aug 10 '12 at 12:21

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 19 '13 at 18:11

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android:background="#55000000"

If you use a color with 8 numbers instead of 6, the first two set the opacity. in this case, the opacity is 0x55 which is 85/255 [roughly 33% opacity].

for programatic, you should be able to use the following (where myTextView corresponds to your View)

myTextView.setBackgroundColor(0x55000000);

answered Jun 19 '13 at 18:11

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The only post answering OP question, IMO – Alexander Malakhov Jul 10 '13 at 07:58

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 10 '12 at 12:22

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 <item android:state_pressed="true" >
    <shape>
          <gradient 
            android:startColor="#2fDEDEDE"
            android:endColor="#2F000000"
            android:angle="270" />
        <stroke
            android:color="#cbc9c9" />

        <corners
            android:radius="3dp" /> 

        <padding
            android:left="5dp"
            android:top="5dp"
            android:right="5dp"
            android:bottom="5dp" />
    </shape>
</item>
<item>
    <shape>

            <gradient
            android:startColor="@android:color/transparent"
            android:endColor="@android:color/transparent"
            android:angle="270" />

            <stroke
            android:color="#c3c2c2" />

        <corners
            android:radius="4dp" /> 

        <padding
            android:left="5dp"
            android:top="5dp"
            android:right="5dp"
            android:bottom="5dp" />
    </shape>
</item>

usage:==> android:background="@drawable/btn_trans"

if you want to set black color

android:background="#000"

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 10 '12 at 12:21

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make a image transparent in photoshop and apply it to textview background... thats it , you have got transparent background to text view

answered Aug 10 '12 at 12:21

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 10 '12 at 12:29

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Set backgroud color as follows

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

answered Aug 10 '12 at 12:29

Rahmathullah M

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