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This question asks how to set a blurred background image programmatically in Android without using Android Studio. The top response recommends using the setAlpha method on a view to set transparency from API 11 onward, or using a third party library like NineOldAndroid. It also notes that converting the image to a blurred bitmap first would allow setting it as the background. The second response provides additional context that setAlpha won't work below API 11, and recommends a Google link for alternative approaches.

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This question asks how to set a blurred background image programmatically in Android without using Android Studio. The top response recommends using the setAlpha method on a view to set transparency from API 11 onward, or using a third party library like NineOldAndroid. It also notes that converting the image to a blurred bitmap first would allow setting it as the background. The second response provides additional context that setAlpha won't work below API 11, and recommends a Google link for alternative approaches.

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I'm trying to set blur background image. Android studio projects are available. But I'm using eclipse. So any one help me to how to set blur image
programmatically?
Thanks in advance.

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Ajith
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hope it helps stackoverflow.com/questions/22406961/ Syed Raza Mehdi Feb 2 '15 at 5:34


stackoverflow.com/questions/3221488/ Yvette Feb 2 '15 at 5:42
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use this to set your opacity


android:alpha="0.5"

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or
yourView.getBackground().setAlpha(100);

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Syed Raza Mehdi
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i am glad it helped :) Syed Raza Mehdi Feb 2 '15 at 5:53


@sayed for below API 11 it won't work ... check goo.gl/dJGC20 user1140237 Feb 2 '15 at 5:53
possible to set image like gaussian blur? Ajith Feb 3 '15 at 8:49
see this if it might be of any help stackoverflow.com/questions/2067955/ Syed Raza Mehdi Feb 3 '15 at 9:25
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To set transparency level of the view to make it dim


View class have setAlpha(float alpha) method which is Added in API level 11.
So from API level 11 and after you can use that method in xml and class too.

Using xml android:alpha set float value between 0 to 1


For before and after api level 11(for all) third party library is available for alpha and other things also.
NineOldAndroid
ViewHelper.setAlpha(View yourview,float alpha)

What else you can do to make image blure effect is, convert image to bitmap with blur/dim effect. check this

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