How to make ProgressDialog Transparent in android

Question

I want to make ProgressDialog Transparent but I never became Transparent It became Black background in ProgressDialog.How can I do that Kindly help

here is my code for ProgressDialog:-

private class LoginAttempt extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        super.onPreExecute();
        pDialog = new ProgressDialog(getActivity(), R.style.MyTheme);
        pDialog.setCancelable(false);
        pDialog.setProgressStyle(android.R.style.Widget_ProgressBar_Small);
        pDialog.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT));
        pDialog.show();

    }

here is my style.xml

 <style name="MyTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Dialog">
    <item name="android:alertDialogStyle">@style/CustomAlertDialogStyle</item>
    <item name="android:windowBackground">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:textColorPrimary">#FFFFFF</item>
    <item name="android:backgroundDimEnabled">false</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">#FFFFFF</item>
    <item name="android:textStyle">normal</item>
    <item name="android:textSize">12sp</item>
</style>

and also

<style name="CustomAlertDialogStyle">
    <item name="android:bottomBright">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:bottomDark">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:bottomMedium">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:centerBright">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:centerDark">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:centerMedium">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:fullBright">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:fullDark">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:topBright">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:topDark">@color/transparent</item>
</style>

and here is my result:- enter image description here

@Rooban : no need of that. Color.Transparent supplies the required value — Yash, Apr 08 '16 at 04:16
Check below Answer https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21957263/why-the-background-of-progressdialog-doesnt-set-to-the-transparent/21957406 — Jigar, Jan 02 '19 at 09:30

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 08 '16 at 04:21

This works for me (Assuming I am in MainActivity) :

    ProgressDialog pDialog = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this, R.style.AppTheme);
    pDialog.setCancelable(false);
    pDialog.setProgressStyle(android.R.style.Widget_ProgressBar_Small);
    pDialog.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT));
    pDialog.show();

OR, if I just do

 ProgressDialog pDialog = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);

i.e. without supplying any theme, it works.

So turns out there's a problem in the theme that you are supplying. Try once without supplying the theme.

this doesn't work for me. It still show white dialog with indicator at the left. — Harry T., Jan 24 '17 at 09:08

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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If you are taking <item name="android:windowBackground">@color/transparent</item> you have to define color in your color.xml for full transparency. like this:

<color name="transparent">#00FFFFFF</color>

Look here for reference:Transparent ARGB hex value

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Apr 08 '16 at 04:25

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but I dont want black color – Raj Apr 08 '16 at 04:48
I dont want any color at background I want only transparent instead of black – Raj Apr 08 '16 at 04:49
@Raj thats why i said you change the hex value of transparent color. U can check the link for the reason why are you getting little black transparent color. – Android Geek Apr 08 '16 at 05:11
by changing color still have same problem – Raj Apr 08 '16 at 05:24

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 28 '21 at 03:35

First, define your object:

    private static ProgressDialog mProgressDialog;

Then create the method to run your progress dialog that includes the transparent background as below:

    public static void showSimpleProgressDialog(Context context, String title, String msg, boolean isCancelable) {
    try {
        if (mProgressDialog == null) {
            mProgressDialog = ProgressDialog.show(context, title, msg);
            mProgressDialog.setCancelable(isCancelable);
            mProgressDialog.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT));
        }
        if (!mProgressDialog.isShowing()) {
            mProgressDialog.show();
        }

    } catch (IllegalArgumentException ie) {
        ie.printStackTrace();
    } catch (RuntimeException re) {
        re.printStackTrace();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

You can then call this method from your activity as:

showSimpleProgressDialog(this, "Your Title", "Your Message", false);

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 13 '22 at 10:32

Use this in style file

    <style name="CustomAlertDialogStyle">
    <item name="android:bottomBright">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:bottomDark">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:bottomMedium">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:centerBright">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:centerDark">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:centerMedium">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:fullBright">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:fullDark">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:topBright">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="android:topDark">@color/transparent</item>
</style>

<style name="MyTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Dialog">
    <item name="android:alertDialogStyle">@style/CustomAlertDialogStyle</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="android:indeterminateTint">@color/colorPrimary</item>
</style>

and this for calling progress dialog :

       ProgressDialog progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(context,R.style.MyTheme);
    progressDialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
    progressDialog.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT));
    progressDialog.setMessage("");
    progressDialog.show();

How to make ProgressDialog Transparent in android

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