I need to create Transparent control buttons for music player app in Android

Question

I want to create control buttons for music player.My requirement is ,the buttons should be transparent. Means parent background should be visible through buttons. Please tell me how to do it.Which widget I should use? Below is the image of my requirement.

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A `Button`, with `android:background="@android:color/transparent"`(I cannot see an image by the way) — PPartisan, Jul 21 '16 at 11:23
take simple button and set it's background color as Color.TRANSPERENT — Vickyexpert, Jul 21 '16 at 11:23
try to create shapes using xml shape drawable with @android:color/transparent as color. — Jayakrishnan, Jul 21 '16 at 14:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 21 '16 at 11:28

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Set the property "alpha" of button between 0 and 1, where 0 is invisible and 1 visible:

<Button
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="New Button"
                android:id="@+id/button"
                android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|bottom"
                android:alpha="0.5" />

answered Jul 21 '16 at 11:28

MikeOx

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This will also mean any text on the button has an alpha effect applied, not just the background. – PPartisan Jul 21 '16 at 11:29
Yes, he just said that background should be visible, not specified so much more – MikeOx Jul 21 '16 at 11:33
Hello Sir, I have uploaded the image – Dexter Jul 21 '16 at 14:38
One way to do that is using imagebutton with a source image in png with transparent background, and if needed set imagebutton background color to transparent too – MikeOx Jul 21 '16 at 14:41

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 21 '16 at 11:41

    please check below link and use to set like below
    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15852122/hex-transparency-in-colors

    <Button
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:text="New Button"
          android:id="@+id/button"
          android:background="#E6FFFFFF"  
        android:alpha="0.5" /> 


// here E6 is alpha code
// and i set it for white color(FFFFFF)

I'm new to stack overflow...not able to upload image – Dexter Jul 21 '16 at 12:10 — Dexter, Jul 21 '16 at 12:10

I need to create Transparent control buttons for music player app in Android

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