Android Remove SeekBar Background

Question

Is there a way I can remove the background bar image in the SeekBar android widget?

I just want it to show a slider with no progress bar behind it.

Any help?

Answer 1

There is a simpler way that doesn't require creating a new drawable. Simply set the following in your xml definition

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

Or if you want to do it in your code:

mySlider.setProgressDrawable(new ColorDrawable(android.R.color.transparent));

Answer 2

Well I solved my own problem.

To remove the background, you have to create a blank drawable and set it to the progressDrawable:

satBar.setProgressDrawable(invisibleBackground);

Setting it to null doesn't seem to work.