h,

I have the same problem, I want to custom Theme.Dialog, but the window
decor is always black.
If anyone has a solution...

Thanks.

On Jun 18, 11:21 pm, eitan <[email protected]> wrote:
> hello,
>
>   i have an app with a main activity and some child activity.
>   i have set up the child activity like so in my manifest:
>
>         <activity android:name="..."
>                   android:label="..."
>                   android:screenOrientation="landscape"
>                   android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Dialog"
>                   />
>
>   what i like about this theme setting is that the child activity
>   shows through in a translucent way on top of the parent
>   activity's view.
>
>   i have noticed that if i create my own theme that inherits
>   from Theme.Dialog:
>
>    <style name="Theme.MyDialog" parent="android:style/Theme.Dialog">
>    </style>
>
>  and reference that theme in my activity:
>     <activity ..
>                   android:theme="@style/Theme.MyDialog"
>
>   now the child activity shows against a blank/black background.
>
>   why is that?
>
>   is there some property of the parent that's not inherited?
>   or is there some kind of special-casing in the code for
> Theme.Dialog?
>   or perhaps:  what is the name of the property that governs the
> effect
>   i'm looking for, of not displaying the next activity against a black
>   background, but instead to allow the previous activity to show
> through?
>
> thanks,
> / eitan

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