How to put black transparent on image in android

Question

I've a image where i would like to add black transparent at bottom to show the text details. From the server i will get the normal images which i would like to convert it like below. In below image you can see that the bottom of the image has black transparent.

Answer 1

try this

<FrameLayout 
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/imageView1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:src="@drawable/ur_image" />

<FrameLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/gradient_bg" >
</FrameLayout>

and gradient_bg.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
    <gradient
        android:angle="90"
        android:centerColor="#59000000"
        android:endColor="@android:color/transparent"
        android:startColor="#000000" />
</shape>