[android] How can I make an image transparent on Android?

I am using a linear layout and frame layout. In the linear layout I keep an image as background and in the frame layout I keep an imageView. In that imageView I give an image.

Now I want to make the second image (that is in the imageView) transparent. How can I do this?

android:alpha does this in XML:

<ImageView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:src="@drawable/blah"
    android:alpha=".75"/>

For 20% transparency, this worked for me:

Button bu = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
bu.getBackground().setAlpha(204);

In XML, use:

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

As setAlpha int has been deprecated, setImageAlpha (int) can be used

ImageView img = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.img_image);
img.setImageAlpha(127); //value: [0-255]. Where 0 is fully transparent and 255 is fully opaque.

On newer versions of Android (post Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) at least), the setAlpha(int value) method is depreciated. Instead, use the setAlpha(float value) method that takes a float between 0 and 1 where 0 is complete transparency and 1 is no transparency.

Image alpha sets just opacity to ImageView which makes Image blurry, try adding tint attribute in ImageView

 android:tint="#66000000"

It can also be done programatically :

imageView.setColorFilter(R.color.transparent);

where you need to define transparent color in your colors.xml

<color name="transparent">#66000000</color>

The method setAlpha(int) from the type ImageView is deprecated.

Instead of

image.setImageAlpha(127);
//value: [0-255]. Where 0 is fully transparent and 255 is fully opaque.

Set an id attribute on the ImageView:

<ImageView android:id="@+id/myImage"

In your code where you wish to hide the image, you'll need the following code.

First, you'll need a reference to the ImageView:

ImageView myImage = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.myImage);

Then, set Visibility to GONE:

myImage.setVisibility(View.GONE);

If you want to have code elsewhere that makes it visible again, just set it to Visible the same way:

myImage.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

If you mean "fully transparent", the above code works. If you mean "partially transparent", use the following method:

int alphaAmount = 128; // Some value 0-255 where 0 is fully transparent and 255 is fully opaque
myImage.setAlpha(alphaAmount);

If you are in an XML file, use the following to make your imageview transparent!

 android:background="@null" 

Set transparency using setAlpha(float alpha). The below code works for me were I used an alpha value in float, 0 - 1.

• 0: Full Transparent
• 0.5 - 50%: Transparent

• 1: Full Opaque

  ImageView imageView = (ImageView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.imageView); imageView.setImageResource(mResources[position]); imageView.setAlpha(.80f);

Use:

ImageView image = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.image);
image.setAlpha(150); // Value: [0-255]. Where 0 is fully transparent
                     // and 255 is fully opaque. Set the value according
                     // to your choice, and you can also use seekbar to
                     // maintain the transparency.