Android – button opacity / transparency

In main.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
     android:background="@drawable/background"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:color="#66FF0000"

    >


    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/noua"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:textColor="#808080"
         />


    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button2"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/zece"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:textColor="#808080" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button3"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/unspe"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:textColor="#808080" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button4"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/doispe"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:textColor="#808080"
/>

</LinearLayout>

This is my main.xml. I try to make the buttons most transparent, but I still want to see them. I don't know what to add and where to add them. Please correct my XML and the low opacity at the bottom. Premeditated thank you: D

resolvent:

How to set opacity (alpha) for view in Android

You can set the transparency of the object background, using #xx808080, where XX is the alpha / transparency value

android:background="#80FF0000"

This will be a translucent red background

You can use the textcolor property to set the transparency of the button text in the same way:

android:textColor="#80FF0000"

You can also do this through the code in the animation

AlphaAnimation alphaAnim = new AlphaAnimation(1.0f, 0.5f);
alphaAnim.setDuration (400);
myButton.getBackground().startAnimation(alphaAnim);  // set alpha on background

Or directly:

myButton.getBackground().setAlpha(0.5f);   // added in API 11, sets alpha on background

Both methods set alpha to 50%

Finally, you can try adding Android: alpha to your XML:

<Button
        android:id="@+id/button2"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/zece"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:textColor="#808080" 
android:alpha="0.5"
/>