Android – How to draw a bitmap on a canvas, respecting alpha values of the bitmap

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i have a master bitmap that i need to draw on it other bitmaps.

the master bitmap has some semi-transparent pixels (pixels with variant values for the alpha channel) , so that the other bitmaps that are drawn on it should be merged with it instead of overriding the colors completely.

the question

how can i set the canvas to draw the bitmaps on the master bitmap with respect to the semi-transparent pixels ?

note: the alpha is not for the whole bitmap/s . it's per pixel.

Best Answer

Canvas.setXfermode(Xfermode xfermode). There are a number of Xfermodes you can choose.

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