Android overlay a view ontop of everything?

Question

Can you overlay a view on top of everything in android?

In iPhone I would get the new view set its frame.origin to (0,0) and its width and height to the

Answer 1

I have tried the awnsers before but this did not work. Now I jsut used a LinearLayout instead of a TextureView, now it is working without any problem. Hope it helps some others who have the same problem. :)

    view = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.view); //this is initialized in the constructor
    openWindowOnButtonClick();

public void openWindowOnButtonClick()
{
    view.setAlpha((float)0.5);
    FloatingActionButton fb = (FloatingActionButton) findViewById(R.id.floatingActionButton);
    final InputMethodManager keyboard = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(getBaseContext().INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    fb.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
    {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v)
        {
            // check if the Overlay should be visible. If this value is false, it is not shown -> show it.
            if(view.getVisibility() == View.INVISIBLE)
            {
                view.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                keyboard.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT, 0);
                Log.d("Overlay", "Klick");
            }
            else if(view.getVisibility() == View.VISIBLE)
            {
                view.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
                keyboard.toggleSoftInput(0, InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
            }