[Question] Is transparent background possible?

[barisyild]

I want to make the stage background of adobe air transparent in android, position another view behind it and use this background, is this possible?

For example, in Flash, we could put html elements behind the background by making it transparent because it was below.

<object width=“800” height=“600”>
  <param name=“movie” value=“your_flash_file.swf”>
  <param name=“wmode” value=“transparent”>
  <embed src=“your_flash_file.swf” width=“800” height=“600” wmode=“transparent”></embed>
</object>

[balaedit]

To create an Android app with a transparent background in Adobe Animate CC, follow these steps:

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Step 1: Set Up Stage for Transparency

1. Open Adobe Animate CC and create a new ActionScript 3.0 or HTML5 Canvas project.

2. Go to Modify > Document (Ctrl + J).

3. In the Document Properties window:

Set Stage Color to None.

Set the appropriate stage size for your app.

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Step 2: Enable Transparency in Publish Settings

For AIR for Android (AS3)

1. Go to File > Publish Settings.

2. Under AIR for Android Settings, navigate to the General tab.

3. Check Render Mode and select Direct (GPU).

4. In the Permissions tab, check Transparent.

For HTML5 Canvas

1. Go to File > Publish Settings.

2. Under the HTML/JavaScript tab, locate the Transparent option and enable it.

3. Publish your file to see if transparency works.

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Step 3: Modify the App Descriptor File (For AIR APK)

If transparency is not working, modify the app.xml file:

1. Open the application descriptor file (usually named YourApp-app.xml).

2. Find the section and add this line inside it:

true

3. Save the file.

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Step 4: Export the APK

1. Go to File > Publish Settings.

2. Select AIR for Android.

3. Click Publish to generate an APK file.

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Step 5: Test on an Android Device

Install the generated .apk on an Android device and run it.

If everything is set correctly, your app should have a transparent background.

[barisyild]

To create an Android app with a transparent background in Adobe Animate CC, follow these steps:

---

Step 1: Set Up Stage for Transparency

1. Open Adobe Animate CC and create a new ActionScript 3.0 or HTML5 Canvas project.

2. Go to Modify > Document (Ctrl + J).

3. In the Document Properties window:

Set Stage Color to None.

Set the appropriate stage size for your app.

---

Step 2: Enable Transparency in Publish Settings

For AIR for Android (AS3)

1. Go to File > Publish Settings.

2. Under AIR for Android Settings, navigate to the General tab.

3. Check Render Mode and select Direct (GPU).

4. In the Permissions tab, check Transparent.

For HTML5 Canvas

1. Go to File > Publish Settings.

2. Under the HTML/JavaScript tab, locate the Transparent option and enable it.

3. Publish your file to see if transparency works.

---

Step 3: Modify the App Descriptor File (For AIR APK)

If transparency is not working, modify the app.xml file:

1. Open the application descriptor file (usually named YourApp-app.xml).

2. Find the section and add this line inside it:

true

3. Save the file.

---

Step 4: Export the APK

1. Go to File > Publish Settings.

2. Select AIR for Android.

3. Click Publish to generate an APK file.

---

Step 5: Test on an Android Device

Install the generated .apk on an Android device and run it.

If everything is set correctly, your app should have a transparent background.

@ajwfrost If the background is transparent, it might be possible to get the StageWebView right behind the DisplayObjectView so that I can make the application background a web browser.

Is it possible to add this feature?

[ajwfrost]

it might be possible to get the StageWebView right behind the DisplayObjectView

One of the features we are looking at for AIR 52 is to allow control of the z-ordering of the various "StageXXX" components - so that for example you could have StageView or StageWebView being displayed in layers underneath the actual Stage for display objects, plus of course Stage3D also having layers (and all of these having the potential for transparency...)

So that will hopefully help to achieve what you're after here.

[bobaoapae]

Any plans of preview air 52? A lot of nice features to play with.

[ajwfrost]

We've not actually started on many of the AIR 52 things yet! Still got a bit of a list for AIR 51.2 which is delayed whilst we sort out some Android issues.. if I'm realistic, we're probably looking at Q3 for AIR 52..