I'm not 100% sure to reply to your actual question, but I managed to display the (bitmap-based) background of my activity behind a GLSurfaceView by adding a setZOrderOnTop call in the activity onCreate method:
@Override public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) { super.onCreate(icicle); ... setContentView(R.layout.my_layout); mGLSurfaceView = (GLSurfaceView)findViewById(R.id.theSurfaceViewInMyLayout); mGLSurfaceView.setZOrderOnTop(true); ... } On May 12, 8:55 am, George <bipi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am able to get a GLSurfaceView to have a transparent background > with > > mGLSurfaceView.setEGLConfigChooser(8, 8, 8, 8, 16, 0); > mGLSurfaceView.getHolder().setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT); > > when I set the Activity's window background to transparent and the > GLSurfaceView is the contentView of the Activity. > > But, let's say my GLSurfaceview is parented by a ViewGroup and I want > GLSurfaceView bg to be transparent to see the Viewgroup's background - > I am not able to do so with the code above. Is this a limitation or am > I missing something? > > -George > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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