Calling android dialog without it fading the background

Question

I have this nice dialog view I set my UserInputDialog class to:

Answer 1

For displaying dialog like TrueCaller do this:

In styles.xml file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
  <style name="myBackgroundStyle" parent="android:Theme.Dialog">
    <item name="android:backgroundDimEnabled">false</item>
  </style>
</resources>

In AndroidManifest.xml do this:

<activity android:name=".SampleActivity" android:theme="@style/myBackgroundStyle">

Answer 2

You can also remove the dim effect by code with the following:

dialog.getWindow().clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DIM_BEHIND);

Answer 3

Create a custom style and place it in your values folder

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
  <style name="YourCustomStyle" parent="android:Theme">
    <item name="android:backgroundDimEnabled">false</item>
  </style>
</resources> 

To set a style to an individual dialog you can use

Dialog dialog = new Dialog(context, R.style.YourCustomStyle);

Answer 4

Create a res/values/styles.xml file and add this to it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
  <style name="Theme.DoNotDim" parent="android:Theme">
    <item name="android:backgroundDimEnabled">false</item>
  </style>
</resources>

And apply the theme to your activity.

<activity android:name=".SampleActivity" android:theme="@style/Theme.DoNotDim">