How to create an overlay that blocks touch events to UI below it?

Question

I used a layer of framelayout with a semi-translucent background to create an overlay. But this overlay doesn't block touch events to interact with the views below it. How should create an overlay that blocks all touch events?

Answer 1

Improving the Blesson Jose answer, you need set the android:focusable="true" and android:clickable="true" if you are using View to block the touch.

Answer 2

Below code has worked for me. I've added android:clickable="true" to block touch events to other views below it.

This is an example with a ProgressBar inside the overlay. If you don't want the ProgressBar, you can use the FrameLayout without it.

<FrameLayout
            xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            android:id="@+id/progress_overlay"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:alpha="0.4"
            android:animateLayoutChanges="true"
            android:background="@android:color/black"
            android:visibility="gone"
            android:clickable="true">

            <ProgressBar
                style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:indeterminate="true"/>

</FrameLayout>