Creating a semi-transparent background color in an Android app was definitely not straightforward for me when starting out as an Android dev. I figured other aspiring Android devs would have similar confusion so I decided to just document the easiest way to do it here. I hope it helps!

The example below is a black background (hex value of #000000) that is 50% transparent.

<View android:background="#80000000" />

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