Custom SurfaceView Make transparent in Android

Question

I have made a custom MySurfaceView by extending calss SurfaceView itd working fine as per my need but problem is black background I want it transparent.

My code like this.

lay = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.timer_lay);

    MySurfaceView msv = new MySurfaceView(this);
    lay.addView(tv);

and I want that the the background color of timer_lay should become background color of MySurfaceView than I can I do this in onDraw method.

try this msv.setZOrderOnTop(true); // necessary msv = msv.getHolder(); msv.setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT); — Yogesh Tatwal, Jul 03 '13 at 05:38
The above, taken from here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5391089/how-to-make-surfaceview-transparent . please provide links. — g00dy, Jul 03 '13 at 05:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 31 '23 at 17:33

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MySurfaceView msv = new MySurfaceView(this);
msv.setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(android.graphics.Color.TRANSPARENT));

edited Mar 31 '23 at 17:33

Henry Ecker

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answered Jul 03 '13 at 05:57

Zulfiqar Chandio

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 05 '13 at 08:56

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yes its worked for me got a solution, Thanks to g00dy

MySurfaceView msv = (MySurfaceView)findViewById(R.id.custom_view);
msv.setZOrderOnTop(true);   
sHolder = msv.getHolder();
sHolder.setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT);

answered Jul 05 '13 at 08:56

Jignesh Ansodariya

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Custom SurfaceView Make transparent in Android

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