Change Opacity of ImageView programmatically

Example to change opacity/alpha of ImageView programmatically, by calling deprecated setAlpha(alpha) or setImageAlpha(alpha) for APL Level 16 or higher.

MainActivity.java

package com.example.androidsetimageopacity;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.SeekBar;
import android.widget.SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 
 SeekBar barOpacity;
 ImageView image;
 TextView textOpacitySetting;

 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
  image = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.image);
  textOpacitySetting = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.opacitysetting);
  barOpacity = (SeekBar)findViewById(R.id.opacity);
  
  int alpha = barOpacity.getProgress();
  textOpacitySetting.setText(String.valueOf(alpha));
  image.setAlpha(alpha);   //deprecated
  //image.setImageAlpha(alpha); //for API Level 16+

  barOpacity.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(barOpacityOnSeekBarChangeListener);
 }
 
 OnSeekBarChangeListener barOpacityOnSeekBarChangeListener =
  new OnSeekBarChangeListener(){

   @Override
   public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar, int progress,
     boolean fromUser) {
    int alpha = barOpacity.getProgress();
    textOpacitySetting.setText(String.valueOf(alpha));
    image.setAlpha(alpha);   //deprecated
    //image.setImageAlpha(alpha); //for API Level 16+
   }

   @Override
   public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {}

   @Override
   public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {}
   
 };

}

activity_main.xml

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="com.example.androidsetimageopacity.MainActivity" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:autoLink="web"
        android:text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
        android:textStyle="bold" />
    
    <SeekBar
        android:id="@+id/opacity"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:max="511"
        android:progress="100"/>
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/opacitysetting"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/image"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher" />

</LinearLayout>