# Android change subtitle background color

**URL:** <https://community.bitmovin.com/t/android-change-subtitle-background-color/2162>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** android, bitmovin, subtitles\
**Created:** [July 24, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/android-change-subtitle-background-color/2162 "2023-07-24T09:07:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gabrielchong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gabrielchong](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/gabrielchong)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/android-change-subtitle-background-color/2162/1 "2023-07-24T09:07:12Z")

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I am able to show subtitles/caption from android using `SubtitleView`. but I am facing some issue. From below image you can see, the subtitle is display with black “background”. Is there any where to change it to transparent or any other color.

 ![IMG_2477.HEIC](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/bitmovin/original/1X/f383ad8bc198338ddd5467e8a88bc3b9c2da0350.jpeg)

I had try using SubtitleView.background. But this method is add one layer behind the subtitleView, It’s still can’t fix this issue.

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**Author:** ![matamegger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.bitmovin.com/matamegger/32/566_2.png) [@matamegger](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/matamegger)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/android-change-subtitle-background-color/2162/2 "2023-07-24T11:43:19Z")

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Hi @gabrielchong,  
you can try using `SubtitleView.setStyle( CaptionStyleCompat )`. The `CaptionStyleCompat` allows you to set back and foreground color as well as some other properties of the displayed captions.  
API reference: [SubtitleView](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/android/3/docs/player-core/com.bitmovin.player/-subtitle-view/index.html#-844812520%2FFunctions%2F704751706)

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**Author:** ![gabrielchong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gabrielchong](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/gabrielchong)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/android-change-subtitle-background-color/2162/3 "2023-07-25T04:03:17Z")

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@matamegger thanks!.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/bitmovin/original/1X/1ab86334145095b0af9c5b924fa3ae6d920b6482.png) [@system](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/android-change-subtitle-background-color/2162/4 "2024-03-04T14:05:48Z")

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