Show ImageView partly behind transparent ActionBar

actionbarsherlock, android

Solution

You can enable overlay mode of the `ActionBar`. To do it you have to set `(android:)windowActionBarOverlay` item in the theme to `true`.

<style name="MyTheme" parent="Theme.Sherlock">
    ...
    <item name="windowActionBarOverlay">true</item> <!-- for ActionBarSherlock -->
    <item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
</style>

Problem

The Google Maps application has a transparent ActionBar, through which the map is visible. I am able to set the transparency of the ActionBar using this: ``` <style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="android:style/Theme.Holo.Light"> <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/ActionBar</item> </style> <style name="ActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionBar"> <item name="android:background">#64000000</item> </style> ``` But how can I show my ImageView behind the ActionBar?

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