{"id":20438,"date":"2024-03-15T20:28:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T20:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-adjust-the-transparency-of-a-background-image-on-android\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T18:05:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:05:35","slug":"how-to-adjust-the-transparency-of-a-background-image-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-adjust-the-transparency-of-a-background-image-on-android\/","title":{"rendered":"How to adjust the transparency of a background image on Android?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One common way to adjust the transparency of a background image in Android is by using the opacity property.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Add an ImageView to your layout file to display the background image. For example:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">ImageView<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:id<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"@+id\/imageView\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:layout_width<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"match_parent\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:layout_height<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"match_parent\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:src<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"@drawable\/background_image\"<\/span> \/&gt;<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>In your Java code, locate the ImageView and adjust its opacity. 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