How to create an overlay that blocks touch events to UI below it?

Question

I used a layer of framelayout with a semi-translucent background to create an overlay. But this overlay doesn\'t block touch events to interact with the views below it. How sho

Answer 1

Below code has worked for me. I've added android:clickable="true" to block touch events to other views below it.

This is an example with a ProgressBar inside the overlay. If you don't want the ProgressBar, you can use the FrameLayout without it.