Android want to create a transparent menu

Question

I have seen some posts regarding transparent menu.

I am able to change the background color of menu using the code given in the following link - Customizing the Options Menu Background

When I tried to change the background as transparent in the same code like given below, its not working

view.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.full_trans_bg);

instead of a normal image I have tried the transparent image, but its not working.

I just want to change the background color alone not the rest. Bcas I know to get this transparent background by inflating a new layout in the onCreateOptionsMenu() but in this case I want to do everything manually, which is not a motive.

Thanks in advance.

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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Create a style in styles.xml

  <style name="myApplicationCustomTheme" parent="@android:Theme">
       <item name="android:panelFullBackground">@android:color/transparent</item>
       <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
  </style>

Apply this to your manifest

<application
    android:icon="@drawable/icon"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/myApplicationCustomTheme"
    android:debuggable="true"
>

Also refer to this post. Is it possible to make the Android options menu background non-translucent?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

Community

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answered Aug 30 '11 at 22:32

danfelabs

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for menu background use "android:panelBackground" – picios Nov 26 '14 at 09:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 22 '17 at 15:11

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You can use XML background color value #00ff0000 which is transparent in itself.

answered Sep 22 '17 at 15:11

Tushar jindal

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 15 '11 at 06:50

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I don't know the full code, but try something like this:

  view.setBackgroundResource(new Drawable(new Bitmap(R.drawable.full_trans_bg).getBitmapdata());

That might help.

answered Jul 15 '11 at 06:50

L.Butz

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