Make tableView background transparent (rows)

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Hi there,

I want a to create a tableview with transparent background, so you can only  see the text in each row.

I tried hideBackground but it only hides the ends of the table not the actual rows.

In understand that a Corona table view is built on top of a widget.newScrollView() which handles the up/down scrolling, the spring-like behavior, and the momentum-based scrolling. So I guess what I want to make transparent is the scrollview within the tableView. I just don’t know how.

Can anyone point me in the right direction, please?

Best,

2

I think you can achieve what you want directly via the API, but if not you can simply modify the widget code and use a local copy:

https://github.com/coronalabs/framework-widget

Have you examined the WidgetDemo that comes with Corona?

3

As I suspected, this was pretty straightforward.   I located the excellent demo that comes with Corona and examined it for a minute and the code I needed was right at the top.  Just examine my modified sample and apply the changes to your app.

Code: https://github.com/roaminggamer/RG_FreeStuff/raw/master/AskEd/2017/12/WidgetDemo.zip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNjGbUmYwtM&feature=youtu.be

4

This is by far the best answer I’ve gotten in this forum.

Thanks a lot man!!! 

5

I think you can achieve what you want directly via the API, but if not you can simply modify the widget code and use a local copy:

https://github.com/coronalabs/framework-widget

Have you examined the WidgetDemo that comes with Corona?

6

As I suspected, this was pretty straightforward.   I located the excellent demo that comes with Corona and examined it for a minute and the code I needed was right at the top.  Just examine my modified sample and apply the changes to your app.

Code: https://github.com/roaminggamer/RG_FreeStuff/raw/master/AskEd/2017/12/WidgetDemo.zip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNjGbUmYwtM&feature=youtu.be

7

This is by far the best answer I’ve gotten in this forum.

Thanks a lot man!!!