Overlays are user interface elements that are displayed over other UI elements, typically for the purpose of presenting additional or enhanced information and detail.
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Screen overlay detected - How to handle this in an screen overlay app
Some devices have extra security features and check if an app is drawing on top of others, when showing a permission dialog.
I have a sidebar app, and my app has to be disabled, before users can accept a system dialog.
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How am I supposed…

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How do I overlay a circle at a set location using mapkit and swift
I am having trouble trying to figure out how to display a transparent circle or rectangle at a desired location unique from the users location. Im a beginner with mapkit so thanks in advance.
class FirstViewController: UIViewController,…

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Help with JFreeChart overlay
I'm having an issue with a JFreeChart overlaid graph. I'm using JFreeChart 1.0.13. What I am trying to do seems like it was easier to do in earlier versions of JFreeChart?
The graph shows a line chart and a bar chart. The data range plotted by the…

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Custom OverlayItem not drawing
I created a custom OverlayItem class so that I could essentially have one kind of OverlayItem whose Drawable marker would set itself depending on the state of some data that I pass into it.
I have attempted to accomplish this by, on my first…

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Possible? — A div overlay which is completely ignored by mouse events (so that mouse events effect only the div below)
I have a google map in an iframe and wrapped in a div. Above that div, i have another, which serves to create a recessed shadow effect.
The problem is that this overlayed div will take priority of any mouse events, so it renders the interactive…

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jQuery Tools: How to close an overlay?
$("a[rel]").getOverlay().close();
$("a[rel]").close();
Both don't work.
$(document).ready(function () {
$("a[rel]").overlay({
mask: '#3B5872',
effect: 'apple',
onBeforeLoad: function () {
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How to stack multiple images directly on top of each other?
I am trying to create an interactive filtered map. Basically I have a background image and some different checkboxes that result in the appearance of images. If you only tick one checkbox, it works fine - the image just appears over the background…

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Put any View over a VideoView in Android
It is possible to put any view over a VideoView? (I.e. put the control buttons over the video, like in vimeo). I'm trying to do it using FrameLayout, but I have not found the way, and I'm still not sure if what I'm trying to do something that's is…

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Overlay screen on Android
How is it possible to add Views/Images to my homescreen?
The best example is the facebook messenger: If you long-click at a chat item, you can choose "pop out cheat head", then you have a small button overlaying your screen.
There are also apps like…

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How can I put a view on top of a glSurfaceView with a transparent background?
My app is composed (from back to front) of an image background, then a glSurfaceView containing a 3D object and on the top 2 buttons. I want the background of the GLSurfaceView to be transparent and see the image behind.
I've tried two solutions,…

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How do you overlap widgets/frames in python tkinter?
I was wondering if this is even possible. My goal is to have a small white box in the bottom right hand corner, on top of a larger text field. The white box will be used as an "info box" while the person scrolls through the text inside of the text…

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Loading Overlay with DataTables
I'm using datatables and have data being collected from a database to an array then displayed onscreen. All this works fine.
If the data is around 2000 rows and 7 columns it only takes a couple of seconds, however if it's 10,000 rows and 7 columns…

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Circle overlay fill color not always drawn on Google Maps v2
I am drawing a couple of circles in a mapFragment using Google Maps V2 in android. Everything was peachy with V1 but after the switch, the fill color of my circles isn't always drawn.
For example I open the map, the circle is there and filled, but…

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How to make underlying div unclickable?
I made overlay div with:
position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; widht: 100%; height: 100%;
Basically I want this overlay div to cover my whole page. And it does what I need, but I also need underlying divs to be unclickable. They are indeed…

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How to put overlay View over action bar Sherlock
I want to set some view over action bar that will display Tutorial text (Like click here and send email...). Is this possible? I ask because i know that action bar uses the top space on layout, and a fragment or activity uses remaining space.
My…

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