Set transparent background of an imageview on Android

You can set the background transparent of any layout, any view, or any component by adding this code in XML:

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

In xml

@android:color/transparent

In code

mComponentName.setBackgroundResource(android.R.color.transparent)

Color definitions with transparency information may be in the form

#AARRGGBB or #ARGB.

You can use also the shorter value for full transparency: #0000.

Other values are e.g.:

white  grey   black
#FFFF  #F888  #F000 - full color
#EFFF  #E888  #E000
#DFFF  #D888  #D000
#CFFF  #C888  #C000
#BFFF  #B888  #B000
#AFFF  #A888  #A000
#9FFF  #9888  #9000
#8FFF  #8888  #8000
#7FFF  #7888  #7000
#6FFF  #6888  #6000
#5FFF  #5888  #5000
#4FFF  #4888  #4000
#3FFF  #3888  #3000
#2FFF  #2888  #2000
#1FFF  #1888  #1000
#0FFF  #0888  #0000 - full transparency

use RelativeLayout which has 2 imageViews in . and set transparency code on the top imageView.

transparency code :

<solid android:color="@color/white"/>
<gradient android:startColor="#40000000"   android:endColor="#FFFFFFFF" android:angle="270"/>

Convert Percentage to hex using any online tool & than simply add it on front of color value

Example: using https://www.joshuamiron.com/percent-to-hex-converter

80% opacity would be

 <color name="opaque_80_percent">#CC000000</color>