how to make surfaceview transparent

Question

Hello all i want to make my DrawingSurface view transparent. i tried many thing but it\'s not working.

Here is my xml code to make my surface view transparent

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Answer 1

Try this in the constructor:

SurfaceView sfvTrack = (SurfaceView)findViewById(R.id.sfvTrack);
sfvTrack.setZOrderOnTop(true);    // necessary
SurfaceHolder sfhTrackHolder = sfvTrack.getHolder();
sfhTrackHolder.setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT);