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Asked: 2026-05-23T15:12:09+00:00

In Android 2.2, I want to display a few sprites and clickable animations over

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In Android 2.2, I want to display a few sprites and clickable animations over an existing view. I just discovered that SurfaceView cannot be transparent

I tried overriding dispatchDraw() of a LinearLayout but that doesn’t seem to be callable via a Runnable Thread.

I also tried to extend Canvas directly, but that quickly turned into a mess when trying to place it in my XML layout.

Do I have to use GLSurfaceView to have a drawing view whose background is transparent?

Optimally, I’d like to just have a Canvas on which I can draw Bitmap at various coordinates, instead of dealing with the details of GL (unless GL is the only way I can do transparency).

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  1. Editorial Team

    Silly Rabbit. Just use Views and move them around wherever you want within a FrameLayout. SurfaceView is not designed for what you’re trying to do.

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