How do I tint a view for example a TextView when I set the BackgroundColor for the TextView its not translucent . I found an example here take a look at this screenshot .

How did they manage to do that ?

First, in your AndroidManifest.xml file, add:

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android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Dialog"

Next, add these lines (or similar) to wherever you're displaying this:



There is also "FLAG_BLUR_BEHIND", which blurs everything behind it, rather than dimming it.

EDIT: It's probably possible to do these things with a full screen application, like is shown there, but it's not done exactly like that, but hopefully this can point you in the right direction!

EDIT2: Just change "@android:style/Theme.Dialog" to "@android:style/Theme. Translucent" and it will work for full screen.

You might want to add a "requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);" in there as well. (Just remember to do so before setting it as the content view)