Android button with transparent text

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I have a button on an image. I would like to have this button with a solid background color and transparent text (to display the back image). Is it possible to make it have only transparent text?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 20 '15 at 18:14

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Try adding these attributes to your Button:

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

answered Feb 20 '15 at 18:14

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 20 '15 at 18:15

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By transparent do you mean like partially visible. Also look into the image button instead of assigning the background image to a button.

answered Feb 20 '15 at 18:15

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I don't think the ImageButton is what they're going for. The way they've described it, they want the button to only cover *part* of the image, and have the text on the button be transparent so the image behind it can be seen. – AdamMc331 Feb 20 '15 at 18:26

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 20 '15 at 18:18

This sounds like it may be a use case for an ImageButton. It allows specifying an Image and a background. Notice the src and background tags, txt is not required.

<ImageButton
    android:id="@+id/imageBtn"
    android:layout_width="@dimen/btn_large_len"
    android:layout_height="@dimen/btn_large_len"
    android:src="@drawable/ic_action_play"
    android:background="@drawable/btn_gray" >
</ImageButton>

Android button with transparent text

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