Re: [android-developers] SurfaceView transparent through to its parent?

There is a solution to this problem posted on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5391089/how-to-make-surfaceview-transparent Only reproducing the answer here for future reference: SurfaceView sfvTrack = (SurfaceView)findViewById(R.id.sfvTrack); sfvTrack.setZOrderOnTop(true);//

[android-developers] SurfaceView transparent through to its parent?

I have a SurfaceView that is covering a portion of its parent, a RelativeLayout. I have a background image covering the full RelativeLayout area, and this is my Activity's main layout. I would like to have the SurfaceView be transparent so that I can see through to the background image on its