Yea, sadly this is a known issue. It ends up the activity history stack is somehow deciding that the window is fullscreen (and therefore doesn't need to render anything behind it, leaving it black).
This only happens when you try /inheriting/ from the framework themes. Using @android:style directly will still treat them as non- fullscreen, which punches through the black background as expected. One workaround is to start with a nearly-blank theme (like Panel or Transluent) and then render what you need in your own layout (such as dialog edges, etc). I spent a few days tracking this down, and I didn't find any other workarounds. Hope this helps. j On Apr 14, 8:23 pm, William <[email protected]> wrote: > OK I am trying to overload the android:style/Theme.Translucent theme > but when I do so the background becomes black, not translucent. > > styles.xml has this. simple enough right? > > <style name="Theme.Translucent" parent="android:style/ > Theme.Translucent"> > </style> > > when my AndroidManifest.xml has this using the system translucent it > works fine > > <activity android:name=".tabs.ViewItem" > android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent"> > ></activity> > > BUT when my AndroidManifest.xml has this using my overridden > translucent theme from style.xml it makes the background black??? all > i did was override the theme. i didn't change anything yet? > > <activity android:name=".tabs.ViewItem" > android:theme="@style/Theme.Translucent"> > ></activity> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
