How to make canvas transparent in Android?

Question

I want to make the drawing surface of my app transparent so that the my app can look like the user can draw on top of my background image, I have the following XML:

Answer 1

package com.logistics.kiddiekuts.Trans;

import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.graphics.RectF;
import android.graphics.Paint.Style;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.widget.RelativeLayout;

public class TransparentPanel extends RelativeLayout {
    private Paint innerPaint, borderPaint;

    public TransparentPanel(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        init();
    }

    public TransparentPanel(Context context) {
        super(context);
        init();
    }

    private void init() {
        innerPaint = new Paint();
        innerPaint.setARGB(225, 225, 225, 225); // gray
        innerPaint.setAntiAlias(true);

        borderPaint = new Paint();
        borderPaint.setARGB(255, 255, 255, 255);
        borderPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
        borderPaint.setStyle(Style.STROKE);
        borderPaint.setStrokeWidth(2);
    }

    public void setInnerPaint(Paint innerPaint) {
        this.innerPaint = innerPaint;
    }

    public void setBorderPaint(Paint borderPaint) {
        this.borderPaint = borderPaint;
    }

    protected void dispatchDraw(Canvas canvas) {

        RectF drawRect = new RectF();
        drawRect.set(0, 0, getMeasuredWidth(), getMeasuredHeight());

        canvas.drawRoundRect(drawRect, 8, 8, innerPaint);
        // canvas.drawRoundRect(drawRect, 5, 5, borderPaint);

        super.dispatchDraw(canvas);
    }
}

XML::

                <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:text="Name :" android:textColor="#000000"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="15dip" android:layout_marginTop="27dip"
                    android:id="@+id/tvname" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>
                <EditText android:layout_width="197dip" android:id="@+id/name"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="7dip" android:textSize="12dip"
                    android:layout_marginTop="23dip" android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/tvname"
                    android:layout_height="35dip" />

                <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:text="Phone :" android:textColor="#000000"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="15dip" android:layout_marginTop="18dip"
                    android:layout_below="@+id/tvname" android:id="@+id/tvphone"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>
                <EditText android:layout_width="197dip" android:id="@+id/phone"
                    android:textSize="12dip" android:layout_marginLeft="5dip"
                    android:layout_marginTop="3dip" android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/tvphone"
                    android:layout_below="@+id/name" android:layout_height="35dip"></EditText>

                <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:text="Email :" android:textColor="#000000"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="15dip" android:layout_marginTop="20dip"
                    android:layout_below="@+id/tvphone" android:id="@+id/tvemail"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>
                <EditText android:layout_width="197dip" android:id="@+id/email"
                    android:textSize="12dip" android:layout_marginLeft="9dip"
                    android:layout_marginTop="3dip" android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/tvemail"
                    android:layout_below="@+id/phone" android:layout_height="35dip"></EditText>


                <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:text="Category :" android:textColor="#000000"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="15dip" android:layout_marginTop="20dip"
                    android:layout_below="@+id/tvemail" android:id="@+id/tvcategory"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>

                <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/category"
                    android:textColor="#000000" android:layout_marginLeft="10dip"
                    android:text="For Appointment" android:layout_marginTop="8dip"
                    android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/tvcategory" android:layout_below="@+id/email"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>


                <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:text="Location :" android:textColor="#000000"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="15dip" android:layout_marginTop="10dip"
                    android:layout_below="@+id/tvcategory" android:id="@+id/tvlocation"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>

                <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/txtlocation"
                    android:textColor="#000000" android:layout_marginLeft="10dip"
                    android:text="Atlanta,Ga"  android:layout_marginTop="10dip"
                    android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/tvlocation" android:layout_below="@+id/category"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>


                <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:textColor="#000000" android:text="Message:"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="15dip" android:layout_marginTop="10dip"
                    android:layout_below="@+id/tvlocation" android:id="@+id/tvatn"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>

                <EditText android:layout_width="250dip" android:id="@+id/atn"
                    android:textSize="12dip" android:lines="7" android:layout_below="@+id/tvatn"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="15dip" android:layout_marginTop="3dip"
                    android:gravity="top|left" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></EditText>
                <Button android:layout_height="25dip" android:layout_below="@+id/atn"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="15dip" android:layout_marginTop="3dip"
                    android:id="@+id/btnsubmit" android:background="@drawable/submit_btn"


                    android:layout_width="250dip"></Button>
                <TextView android:id="@+id/text" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                    android:layout_below="@+id/btnsubmit" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>
            </com.logistics.kiddiekuts.Trans.TransparentPanel>