Or Theme.Translucent. There is an API demo showing how to do this with an activity in general, which should be no different than a preference activity.
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Rohit <[email protected]> wrote: > > Make sure that the activity you are calling has the theme attribute > set to Theme.Dialog in the Android Manifest as follows: > > android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Dialog" > > Rohit > > > On Feb 11, 7:52 am, Colin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Im also interested in learning how to do this... any ideas? > > > > On Dec 21 2008, 7:25 pm, Ralf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to use a PreferenceActivity with prefs inflated from XML > > > and at the same time I'd like the window toblurwhatever was behind > > > (i.e. my previous activity where I invoked the settings from.) I tried > > > something like this below but thebackgroundis always black (or > > > whatever color I select) without anyblur/transparency. > > > > > Is it possible? what am I doing wrong? > > > > > public class PrefsActivity extends PreferenceActivity { > > > > > @Override > > > protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > > > // Have the systemblurany windows behind this one. > > > > getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_BLUR_BEHIND, > > > WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_BLUR_BEHIND); > > > > > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > > > > > setTitle(R.string.prefs_title); > > > addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.prefs); > > > > > View content = findViewById(android.R.id.content); > > > content.setBackgroundColor(0x7F000000); > > > > > getListView().setBackgroundColor(0x7F000000); > > > getListView().setCacheColorHint(0x7F000000); > > > } > > > > > } > > > > > R/ > > > > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

