Display a transparent Activity in Android?

Question

How can I set (by code) an Activity to be transparent? I want the activity to become transparent when the user clicks a button. Is it possible?

Answer 1

You can use setTheme (android.R.style.Theme_Translucent)

But keep the api docs in mind:

Set the base theme for this context. Note that this should be called before any views are instantiated in the Context (for example before calling setContentView(View) or inflate(int, ViewGroup)).

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