How to draw a Drawable over a View

Question

I have several Views in my Activity. I want to draw a Drawable over these views. The Drawable should be on top of the views (that means it hides the views below it. The Drawable may appear over several views (that is I can't just draw it in one view). How can this be done?

Thank you

Answer 1

Maybe you could use a Dialog or view with Dialog Theme with your drawable as the background?

Answer 2

Have you tried bringToFront();

Answer 3

The FrameLayout allows you to have overlapping views. This is often used if you have some sort of background, with widgets over it.