Material Design : how to set transparency for Android Floating Action Button

Question

My question is related to this one.

When I open the NavigationDrawer, the Floating Button is on the top of it but has to be below.

I try to do it like that :

        @Override
        public void onDrawerSlide(View drawerView, float slideOffset) {
            Log.i(TAG , " inner onDrawerSlide");
            super.onDrawerSlide(drawerView, slideOffset);
            fabButton.setAlpha(25);
            float alpha = 0.2f;
            AlphaAnimation alphaUp = new AlphaAnimation(alpha, alpha);
            alphaUp.setFillAfter(true);
            fabButton.startAnimation(alphaUp);
            syncState();
        }

and like that :

            @Override
            public void onDrawerSlide(View drawerView, float slideOffset) {
                super.onDrawerClosed(view);
                invalidateOptionsMenu();
                fabButton.setAlpha(255);
                syncState();
            }

Nothing worked for me. What can be the solution ?

My layout:

<mobapply.freightexchange.customviews.FragmentNavigationDrawer
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <!-- The ActionBar -->
    <include
        layout="@layout/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    <!-- The main content view -->
    <FrameLayout
        android:id="@+id/flContent"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</LinearLayout>
<!-- The navigation drawer -->
<ListView
    android:id="@+id/lvDrawer"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:divider="@null"
    android:dividerHeight="0dp"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="start"
    android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
    android:background="#FFFFFF"
    android:cacheColorHint="@android:color/transparent"
     />

FragmentNavigationDrawer is the custom DrawerLayout

Answer 1

From the Android documentation for setAlpha(float alpha) (since API 11):

Sets the opacity of the view. This is a value from 0 to 1, where 0 means the view is completely transparent and 1 means the view is completely opaque.

You're trying to set it to value 25 or 255 :)