I'm trying to make a spinner totally transparent. In Android 4.0 I can do this setting the alpha property to 0 in the xml layout designer. But when I work with Android 2.2 i can't use that property, Eclipse mark it as an error and tell me that i can't use it.
I tried to make it transparent writting this java code:
final Spinner cmbCategorias = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.cmbCategorias);
cmbCategorias.getBackground().setAlpha(0);
and it works, but the text in the spinner keeps visible.
Someone can tell me what can i do??
Thanks
Make xml Layout like spinner_textview.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/txtview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ellipsize="marquee"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textColor="@android:color/transparent" />
And add the following in Java Code:
Spinner sp=(Spinner)findViewById(R.id.sp);
sp.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter(this,R.layout.spinner_textview,
items));
I did a function like this:
private void enableView(View v, boolean enable)
{
if(v.isEnabled() == enable)
return;
float from = enable ? .5f : 1.0f;
float to = enable ? 1.0f : .5f;
AlphaAnimation a = new AlphaAnimation(from, to);
a.setDuration(500);
a.setFillAfter(true);
v.setEnabled(enable);
v.startAnimation(a);
}
It works for spinners too.