Opacity on a background Drawable image in View (using XML Layout)

Question

I was just wondering if there was a way to change the opacity of the background image for a View (ie. TextView, etc.).

I know that I can se

Answer 1

This might make your Work simpler

View backgroundimage = findViewById(R.id.background);
Drawable background = backgroundimage.getBackground();
background.setAlpha(80);

Alpha Values 0-255, 0 means fully transparent, and 255 means fully opaque

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