Apply fading edges to ImageView

android, fade, imageview, java, xml

Solution

I create the following extend of `ImageView` to incorporate it with horizontal fading, you can easily change this class and add vertical fading. (Tested with the latest android version 4.4.2)

Base class:

public class FadingImageView extends ImageView {
    private FadeSide mFadeSide;

    private Context c;

    public enum FadeSide {
        RIGHT_SIDE, LEFT_SIDE
    }

    public FadingImageView(Context c, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(c, attrs, defStyle);

        this.c = c;

        init();
    }

    public FadingImageView(Context c, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(c, attrs);

        this.c = c;

        init();
    }

    public FadingImageView(Context c) {
        super(c);

        this.c = c;

        init();
    }

    private void init() {
        // Enable horizontal fading
        this.setHorizontalFadingEdgeEnabled(true);
        // Apply default fading length
        this.setEdgeLength(14);
        // Apply default side
        this.setFadeDirection(FadeSide.RIGHT_SIDE);
    }

    public void setFadeDirection(FadeSide side) {
        this.mFadeSide = side;
    }

    public void setEdgeLength(int length) {
        this.setFadingEdgeLength(getPixels(length));
    }

    @Override
    protected float getLeftFadingEdgeStrength() {
        return mFadeSide.equals(FadeSide.LEFT_SIDE) ? 1.0f : 0.0f;
    }

    @Override
    protected float getRightFadingEdgeStrength() {
        return mFadeSide.equals(FadeSide.RIGHT_SIDE) ? 1.0f : 0.0f;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean hasOverlappingRendering() {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onSetAlpha(int alpha) {
        return false;
    }

    private int getPixels(int dipValue) {
        Resources r = c.getResources();

        return (int) TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP,
                dipValue, r.getDisplayMetrics());
    }
}

Usage:

- Create the following object in your XML:

<com.your.package.FadingImageView
    android:id="@+id/fade_image_view"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:src="@drawable/some_drawable" />

- Then apply your desired fade side:

    FadingImageView mFadingImageView = (FadingImageView) findViewById(R.id.fade_image_view);

    mFadingImageView.setEdgeLength(28);

    mFadingImageView.setFadeDirection(FadeSide.RIGHT_SIDE);

Problem

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