On Mar 13, 7:45 pm, mot12 <martin.hu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a root view (LinearLayout) and a bunch of views placed on top > of it. Now, I would like to change the brightness of all views, let's > say to 50%. > > Instead of changing the color of each view individually, it would be > so much nicer if I could just place a view on top of all views, > covering the whole screen and acting like a filter. If this top-view > is black, I can control the brightness of all the views underneath it > by adjusting the alpha value. > > For this to work, I would need to tell Android to render the root view > in front of all the other views but I can't find a way to do this. Any > ideas? > > The actual reason for this weird request is that I want to be able to > dim the screen. There's some functionality to turn the brightness of > the screen down but the lowest setting is still too bright. The only > way to get the views darker seems to be to change the colors of the > views themselves. Rather than changing 50 items, it would be great to > put just one view on top of the whole tree, like a pair of sunglasses. > > Or is there a better way? > > thanks for your time, > Martin
you can place your LinearLayout inside FrameLayout and add also simple View which android:background would act as your filter: FrameLayout --View --LinearLayout ----your control1 ----your control2 ----your controlN pskink -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
