Android Layout background alpha

Question

Hi I have a layout which I\'m using to fill my page and I have to set a background image held in my drawable folder in that layout.

I want to then set the <

Answer 1

You Can Set Alpha for Drawables not Views ! You Can get background as a drawable and do like this :

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