Is it possible to make a drag shadow opaque?

Question

As question states. here is my dragshadowbuilder for reference. As you know, the shadow that is created when you drag is translucent. Is there anyway to make it opaque? (ful

Answer 1

As @Ernir says, there no API get DragShadow. But we know the drag location and drag view so we can draw it ourselves.

I write a simple and function limited demo you can download it here.

It implement a custom ViewGroup named DragContainer, Use it to wrap your original root view in your layout xml.

call DragContainer#startDragChild to start drag like that(the demo have more detail):

in Activity:

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        mDragContainer = (DragContainer) findViewById(R.id.root);
        View drag = mDragContainer.findViewById(R.id.drag);
        View drop = mDragContainer.findViewById(R.id.drop);
        drag.setTag(IMAGEVIEW_TAG);
        drag.setOnLongClickListener(new View.OnLongClickListener() {
            public boolean onLongClick(View v) {
                ClipData.Item item = new ClipData.Item((CharSequence) v
                        .getTag());
                ClipData dragData = new ClipData((CharSequence) v.getTag(),
                        new String[] { ClipDescription.MIMETYPE_TEXT_PLAIN },
                        item);
                return mDragContainer.startDragChild(v, dragData, // the data to
                                                                    // be
                                                                    // dragged
                        null, // no need to use local data
                        0 // flags (not currently used, set to 0)
                        );

            }
        });


    }

You also can extend DragContainer to draw custom drag shadow, This is a example for your requirement.

public class MyDragContainer extends DragContainer {
    public MyDragContainer(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        this(context, attrs, 0);
    }

    public MyDragContainer(Context context) {
        super(context, null);
    }

    public MyDragContainer(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    int width;
    int height;
    Bitmap bitmap;

    @Override
    protected void onSetDragTarget(View v) {
        ImageView b = (ImageView) v;
        int x = Character.getNumericValue(b.getContentDescription().charAt(0));
        int y = Character.getNumericValue(b.getContentDescription().charAt(1));
        bitmap = InGameActivity.currentBoardState[x][y].getPicture();
        width = bitmap.getWidth();
        height = bitmap.getHeight();
    }

    @Override
    protected void drawDragShadow(Canvas canvas) {
        Rect source = new Rect(0, 0, InGameActivity.chessSquareHeightWidth, InGameActivity.chessSquareHeightWidth);

        int w =  InGameActivity.chessSquareHeightWidth;
        int h = InGameActivity.chessSquareHeightWidth;

        canvas.translate(getDragX() - w / 2, getDragY() - h / 2);

        canvas.drawBitmap(bitmap, null, source, null);
    }
}

I hope it will help.