Android EditText Transparent Background

Question

I want to have a transparent background for Android EditText widget. How is that possible?

Answer 1

Very simple:

android:alpha="0.5"

Answer 2

set this in layout will work

android:background="@color/transparent

and add this in colors.xml

<color name="transparent">#00000000</color>

Answer 3

android:background="@android:color/transparent"

Answer 4

Try this

android:background="@null"

Answer 5

EditText, like any other view/component can be customized in the xml file. You just need to include below attribute in the EditText attributes.

 android:background="@null"