I am trying to find out if there is a way to make existing app windows transparent in a smartphone. The platform could be any of iphone/android/WP7. In my own apps, I can make use of the alpha blending features and control transparency, but is there a way to make already existing windows transparent? Thanks!
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Give us an example of an existing window. (I know that you can SSH in on the iPhone and change the nibs of the apps in question, just so you know.) – Aurum Aquila Feb 18 '11 at 08:46
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For example, in a Photo Gallery app, the window that contains the photos becomes partially transparent (which includes the photos); Or in a pdfViewer app, the window displaying the pdf becomes partially transparent. The nibs thing sounds interesting; is there a link on the subject? – Aakar Feb 18 '11 at 09:05
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If you would want to modify all applications on a given target, I think you'd have to modify the default themes, as far as Android is concerned at least. But I don't see how that is done easily. I'm guessing that you might need to re-compile parts of the source or, in worst case, even "jailbreak" the phone.
If you only need to alter some specific applications it would perhaps be easier to talk directly to the developers of those apps.
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On Windows Phone 7 many controls have an opacity member. Also Windows Phone 7 does support alpha channels in images and controls.
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