Translucent Activity filling the entire screen

Question

I\'d like to have an activity (2) with translucent aspect over another activity (1), aligned at the top of the screen (4).

Answer 1

I am not sure how to do it through the xml, but this should work programmatically, try adding this to your activity (maybe to the mainview of the activity).

//grab layout params
WindowManager.LayoutParams lp = this.getWindow().getAttributes();

//remove the dim effect
lp.dimAmount = 0;