Is there a way to set the text in the text view to invisible?

Question

I can't change its color or use alpha because the background may change and I won't know its color! Is there any other way to set it to invisible ? Also I don't want to set the text view invisible since I want the background to be visible!

Answer 1

Try:

textView.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(android.R.color.transparent));

Answer 2

You can set a textview to INVISIBLE:

myTextView.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);

That way the textview will still be present but not seen