diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapView.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapView.java
index 2e7d4c4270a..69d07ff7f53 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapView.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapView.java
@@ -294,7 +294,9 @@ public void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
   private void initialiseDrawingSurface(MapboxMapOptions options) {
     if (options.getTextureMode()) {
       TextureView textureView = new TextureView(getContext());
-      mapRenderer = new TextureViewMapRenderer(getContext(), textureView, options.getLocalIdeographFontFamily()) {
+      String localFontFamily = options.getLocalIdeographFontFamily();
+      boolean translucentSurface = options.getTranslucentTextureSurface();
+      mapRenderer = new TextureViewMapRenderer(getContext(), textureView, localFontFamily, translucentSurface) {
         @Override
         protected void onSurfaceCreated(GL10 gl, EGLConfig config) {
           MapView.this.onSurfaceCreated();
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapboxMapOptions.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapboxMapOptions.java
index 46dba28b985..49188a5a982 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapboxMapOptions.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/MapboxMapOptions.java
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ public class MapboxMapOptions implements Parcelable {
   private String apiBaseUrl;
 
   private boolean textureMode;
+  private boolean translucentTextureSurface;
 
   private String style;
 
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ private MapboxMapOptions(Parcel in) {
     style = in.readString();
     apiBaseUrl = in.readString();
     textureMode = in.readByte() != 0;
+    translucentTextureSurface = in.readByte() != 0;
     prefetchesTiles = in.readByte() != 0;
     zMediaOverlay = in.readByte() != 0;
     localIdeographFontFamily = in.readString();
@@ -289,6 +291,8 @@ public static MapboxMapOptions createFromAttributes(@NonNull Context context, @N
         typedArray.getFloat(R.styleable.mapbox_MapView_mapbox_myLocationAccuracyThreshold, 0));
       mapboxMapOptions.textureMode(
         typedArray.getBoolean(R.styleable.mapbox_MapView_mapbox_renderTextureMode, false));
+      mapboxMapOptions.translucentTextureSurface(
+        typedArray.getBoolean(R.styleable.mapbox_MapView_mapbox_renderTextureTranslucentSurface, false));
       mapboxMapOptions.setPrefetchesTiles(
         typedArray.getBoolean(R.styleable.mapbox_MapView_mapbox_enableTilePrefetch, true));
       mapboxMapOptions.renderSurfaceOnTop(
@@ -711,6 +715,11 @@ public MapboxMapOptions textureMode(boolean textureMode) {
     return this;
   }
 
+  public MapboxMapOptions translucentTextureSurface(boolean translucentTextureSurface) {
+    this.translucentTextureSurface = translucentTextureSurface;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Enable tile pre-fetching. Loads tiles at a lower zoom-level to pre-render
    * a low resolution preview while more detailed tiles are loaded.
@@ -1085,6 +1094,10 @@ public boolean getTextureMode() {
     return textureMode;
   }
 
+  public boolean getTranslucentTextureSurface() {
+    return translucentTextureSurface;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the font-family for locally overriding generation of glyphs in the
    * ‘CJK Unified Ideographs’ and ‘Hangul Syllables’ ranges.
@@ -1159,6 +1172,7 @@ public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
     dest.writeString(style);
     dest.writeString(apiBaseUrl);
     dest.writeByte((byte) (textureMode ? 1 : 0));
+    dest.writeByte((byte) (translucentTextureSurface ? 1 : 0));
     dest.writeByte((byte) (prefetchesTiles ? 1 : 0));
     dest.writeByte((byte) (zMediaOverlay ? 1 : 0));
     dest.writeString(localIdeographFontFamily);
@@ -1340,6 +1354,7 @@ public int hashCode() {
       ? Float.floatToIntBits(myLocationAccuracyThreshold) : 0);
     result = 31 * result + (apiBaseUrl != null ? apiBaseUrl.hashCode() : 0);
     result = 31 * result + (textureMode ? 1 : 0);
+    result = 31 * result + (translucentTextureSurface ? 1 : 0);
     result = 31 * result + (style != null ? style.hashCode() : 0);
     result = 31 * result + (prefetchesTiles ? 1 : 0);
     result = 31 * result + (zMediaOverlay ? 1 : 0);
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/renderer/egl/EGLConfigChooser.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/renderer/egl/EGLConfigChooser.java
index 247ffea9065..46238ee7890 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/renderer/egl/EGLConfigChooser.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/renderer/egl/EGLConfigChooser.java
@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ public class EGLConfigChooser implements GLSurfaceView.EGLConfigChooser {
   @SuppressWarnings("JavadocReference")
   private static final int EGL_OPENGL_ES2_BIT = 0x0004;
 
+  private boolean translucentSurface;
+
+  public EGLConfigChooser() {
+    this(false);
+  }
+
+  public EGLConfigChooser(boolean translucentSurface) {
+    super();
+    this.translucentSurface = translucentSurface;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public EGLConfig chooseConfig(EGL10 egl, EGLDisplay display) {
     int[] configAttribs = getConfigAttributes();
@@ -274,7 +285,7 @@ private int[] getConfigAttributes() {
       EGL_RED_SIZE, 5,
       EGL_GREEN_SIZE, 6,
       EGL_BLUE_SIZE, 5,
-      EGL_ALPHA_SIZE, 0,
+      EGL_ALPHA_SIZE, translucentSurface ? 8 : 0,
       EGL_DEPTH_SIZE, 16,
       EGL_STENCIL_SIZE, 8,
       (emulator ? EGL_NONE : EGL_CONFORMANT), EGL_OPENGL_ES2_BIT,
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/renderer/textureview/TextureViewMapRenderer.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/renderer/textureview/TextureViewMapRenderer.java
index dcc95217ff3..ad25dea0d30 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/renderer/textureview/TextureViewMapRenderer.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/renderer/textureview/TextureViewMapRenderer.java
@@ -17,17 +17,22 @@
  */
 public class TextureViewMapRenderer extends MapRenderer {
   private TextureViewRenderThread renderThread;
+  private boolean translucentSurface;
 
   /**
    * Create a {@link MapRenderer} for the given {@link TextureView}
    *
-   * @param context     the current Context
-   * @param textureView the TextureView
+   * @param context                  the current Context
+   * @param textureView              the TextureView
+   * @param localIdeographFontFamily the local font family
+   * @param translucentSurface    the translucency flag
    */
   public TextureViewMapRenderer(@NonNull Context context,
                                 @NonNull TextureView textureView,
-                                String localIdeographFontFamily) {
+                                String localIdeographFontFamily,
+                                boolean translucentSurface) {
     super(context, localIdeographFontFamily);
+    this.translucentSurface = translucentSurface;
     renderThread = new TextureViewRenderThread(textureView, this);
     renderThread.start();
   }
@@ -95,4 +100,8 @@ public void onStart() {
   public void onDestroy() {
     renderThread.onDestroy();
   }
+
+  public boolean isTranslucentSurface() {
+    return translucentSurface;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/renderer/textureview/TextureViewRenderThread.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/renderer/textureview/TextureViewRenderThread.java
index c34833e9ce5..ef71c52f711 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/renderer/textureview/TextureViewRenderThread.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/renderer/textureview/TextureViewRenderThread.java
@@ -54,9 +54,10 @@ class TextureViewRenderThread extends Thread implements TextureView.SurfaceTextu
    */
   @UiThread
   TextureViewRenderThread(@NonNull TextureView textureView, @NonNull TextureViewMapRenderer mapRenderer) {
+    textureView.setOpaque(!mapRenderer.isTranslucentSurface());
     textureView.setSurfaceTextureListener(this);
     this.mapRenderer = mapRenderer;
-    this.eglHolder = new EGLHolder(new WeakReference<>(textureView));
+    this.eglHolder = new EGLHolder(new WeakReference<>(textureView), mapRenderer.isTranslucentSurface());
   }
 
   // SurfaceTextureListener methods
@@ -326,6 +327,7 @@ public void run() {
   private static class EGLHolder {
     private static final int EGL_CONTEXT_CLIENT_VERSION = 0x3098;
     private final WeakReference<TextureView> textureViewWeakRef;
+    private boolean translucentSurface;
 
     private EGL10 egl;
     private EGLConfig eglConfig;
@@ -333,8 +335,9 @@ private static class EGLHolder {
     private EGLContext eglContext = EGL10.EGL_NO_CONTEXT;
     private EGLSurface eglSurface = EGL10.EGL_NO_SURFACE;
 
-    EGLHolder(WeakReference<TextureView> textureViewWeakRef) {
+    EGLHolder(WeakReference<TextureView> textureViewWeakRef, boolean translucentSurface) {
       this.textureViewWeakRef = textureViewWeakRef;
+      this.translucentSurface = translucentSurface;
     }
 
     void prepare() {
@@ -359,7 +362,7 @@ void prepare() {
         eglConfig = null;
         eglContext = EGL10.EGL_NO_CONTEXT;
       } else if (eglContext == EGL10.EGL_NO_CONTEXT) {
-        eglConfig = new EGLConfigChooser().chooseConfig(egl, eglDisplay);
+        eglConfig = new EGLConfigChooser(translucentSurface).chooseConfig(egl, eglDisplay);
         int[] attrib_list = {EGL_CONTEXT_CLIENT_VERSION, 2, EGL10.EGL_NONE};
         eglContext = egl.eglCreateContext(eglDisplay, eglConfig, EGL10.EGL_NO_CONTEXT, attrib_list);
       }
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/res-public/values/public.xml b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/res-public/values/public.xml
index 412d8c5d9b2..fda37dc2dfb 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/res-public/values/public.xml
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/res-public/values/public.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 
     <!-- Use TextureView-->
     <public name="mapbox_renderTextureMode" type="attr" />
+    <public name="mapbox_renderTextureTranslucentSurface" type="attr" />
 
     <public name="mapbox_enableTilePrefetch" type="attr" />
     <public name="mapbox_enableZMediaOverlay" type="attr" />
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/res/values/attrs.xml b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/res/values/attrs.xml
index 97adce8a4e0..f0b80e46e15 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/res/values/attrs.xml
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/res/values/attrs.xml
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
 
         <!-- Use TextureView-->
         <attr name="mapbox_renderTextureMode" format="boolean"/>
+        <attr name="mapbox_renderTextureTranslucentSurface" format="boolean"/>
 
         <attr name="mapbox_enableTilePrefetch" format="boolean"/>
         <attr name="mapbox_enableZMediaOverlay" format="boolean"/>
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 89f922fb9e7..1fd27403d64 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -759,6 +759,17 @@
                 android:name="@string/category"
                 android:value="@string/category_textureview"/>
         </activity>
+        <activity
+            android:name=".activity.textureview.TextureViewTransparentBackgroundActivity"
+            android:description="@string/description_textureview_transparent"
+            android:label="@string/activity_textureview_transparent">
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="@string/category"
+                android:value="@string/category_textureview"/>
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
+                android:value=".activity.FeatureOverviewActivity"/>
+        </activity>
         <activity
             android:name=".activity.textureview.TextureViewAnimationActivity"
             android:description="@string/description_textureview_animate"
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/activity/textureview/TextureViewResizeActivity.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/activity/textureview/TextureViewResizeActivity.java
index 788003d8677..69bab45ce0d 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/activity/textureview/TextureViewResizeActivity.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/activity/textureview/TextureViewResizeActivity.java
@@ -95,4 +95,4 @@ public void onLowMemory() {
     mapView.onLowMemory();
   }
 
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/activity/textureview/TextureViewTransparentBackgroundActivity.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/activity/textureview/TextureViewTransparentBackgroundActivity.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15da018b0ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/activity/textureview/TextureViewTransparentBackgroundActivity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.testapp.activity.textureview;
+
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
+import android.widget.ImageView;
+
+import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapView;
+import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapboxMap;
+import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.testapp.R;
+import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.testapp.utils.ResourceUtils;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import timber.log.Timber;
+
+/**
+ * Example showcasing how to create a TextureView with a transparent background.
+ */
+public class TextureViewTransparentBackgroundActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
+
+  private MapView mapView;
+  private MapboxMap mapboxMap;
+
+  @Override
+  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+    setContentView(R.layout.activity_textureview_transparent);
+    setupBackground();
+    setupMapView(savedInstanceState);
+  }
+
+  private void setupBackground() {
+    ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView);
+    imageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.water);
+    imageView.setScaleType(ImageView.ScaleType.FIT_XY);
+  }
+
+  private void setupMapView(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+    mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapView);
+    mapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+    mapView.getMapAsync(map -> {
+      mapboxMap = map;
+
+      try {
+        map.setStyleJson(ResourceUtils.readRawResource(getApplicationContext(), R.raw.no_bg_style));
+      } catch (IOException exception) {
+        Timber.e(exception);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void onStart() {
+    super.onStart();
+    mapView.onStart();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void onResume() {
+    super.onResume();
+    mapView.onResume();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void onPause() {
+    super.onPause();
+    mapView.onPause();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void onStop() {
+    super.onStop();
+    mapView.onStop();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
+    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
+    mapView.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void onDestroy() {
+    super.onDestroy();
+    mapView.onDestroy();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void onLowMemory() {
+    super.onLowMemory();
+    mapView.onLowMemory();
+  }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/drawable-xxxhdpi/water.jpg b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/drawable-xxxhdpi/water.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..71b758b490a
Binary files /dev/null and b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/drawable-xxxhdpi/water.jpg differ
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/layout/activity_textureview_resize.xml b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/layout/activity_textureview_resize.xml
index 2baa3d39ddd..b00076e779d 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/layout/activity_textureview_resize.xml
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/layout/activity_textureview_resize.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     android:layout_height="match_parent"
     android:orientation="vertical">
 
-
+    
     <com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapView
         android:id="@+id/mapView"
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/layout/activity_textureview_transparent.xml b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/layout/activity_textureview_transparent.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3b9ee71359e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/layout/activity_textureview_transparent.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
+    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
+    android:id="@+id/coordinator_layout"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="match_parent"
+    android:orientation="vertical">
+
+    <ImageView
+        android:id="@+id/imageView"
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="match_parent"
+        android:contentDescription="@null"/>
+
+    <com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapView
+        android:id="@+id/mapView"
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="match_parent"
+        app:mapbox_cameraTargetLat="48.507879"
+        app:mapbox_cameraTargetLng="8.363795"
+        app:mapbox_cameraZoom="2"
+        app:mapbox_renderTextureMode="true"
+        app:mapbox_renderTextureTranslucentSurface="true"
+        app:mapbox_styleUrl="mapbox://styles/agerace-globant/cja02de7193b02suvy4gpbt2c"/>
+
+</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
+
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/raw/no_bg_style.json b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/raw/no_bg_style.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..964eefc3199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/raw/no_bg_style.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  "version": 8,
+  "name": "Land",
+  "metadata": {
+    "mapbox:autocomposite": true,
+  },
+  "sources": {
+    "composite": {
+      "url": "mapbox://mapbox.mapbox-terrain-v2",
+      "type": "vector"
+    }
+  },
+  "sprite": "mapbox://sprites/mapbox/mapbox-terrain-v2",
+  "glyphs": "mapbox://fonts/mapbox/{fontstack}/{range}.pbf",
+  "layers": [
+    {
+      "layout": {
+        "visibility": "visible"
+      },
+      "type": "fill",
+      "source": "composite",
+      "id": "admin",
+      "paint": {
+        "fill-color": "hsl(359, 100%, 50%)",
+        "fill-opacity": 1
+      },
+      "source-layer": "landcover"
+    },
+    {
+      "layout": {
+        "visibility": "visible"
+      },
+      "type": "fill",
+      "source": "composite",
+      "id": "layer-0",
+      "paint": {
+        "fill-opacity": 1,
+        "fill-color": "hsl(359, 100%, 50%)"
+      },
+      "source-layer": "Layer_0"
+    }
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/values/descriptions.xml b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/values/descriptions.xml
index e867046c80e..51182f958c6 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/values/descriptions.xml
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/values/descriptions.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     <string name="description_textureview_debug">Use TextureView to render the map</string>
     <string name="description_textureview_resize">Resize a map rendered on a TextureView</string>
     <string name="description_textureview_animate">Animate a map rendered on a TextureView</string>
+    <string name="description_textureview_transparent">Enable a transparent surface on TextureView</string>
     <string name="description_grid_source">Example Custom Geometry Source</string>
     <string name="description_local_glyph">Suzhou using Droid Sans for Chinese glyphs</string>
     <string name="description_hillshade">Example raster-dem source and hillshade layer</string>
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/values/titles.xml b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/values/titles.xml
index 47fee31c0ae..078ccb64a91 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/values/titles.xml
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/res/values/titles.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     <string name="activity_textureview_debug">TextureView debug</string>
     <string name="activity_textureview_resize">TextureView resize</string>
     <string name="activity_textureview_animate">TextureView animation</string>
+    <string name="activity_textureview_transparent">TextureView transparent background</string>
     <string name="activity_grid_source">Grid Source</string>
     <string name="activity_local_glyph">Local CJK glyph generation</string>
     <string name="activity_hillshade">Hillshade</string>
diff --git a/platform/android/scripts/exclude-activity-gen.json b/platform/android/scripts/exclude-activity-gen.json
index c1a6b5bb485..334d32eaf3e 100644
--- a/platform/android/scripts/exclude-activity-gen.json
+++ b/platform/android/scripts/exclude-activity-gen.json
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
   "QueryRenderedFeaturesBoxHighlightActivity",
   "MultiMapActivity",
   "MapInDialogActivity",
-  "SimpleMapActivity",
   "ManualZoomActivity",
   "MaxMinZoomActivity",
   "ScrollByActivity",
   "ZoomFunctionSymbolLayerActivity",
   "SymbolGeneratorActivity"
+  "TextureViewTransparentBackgroundActivity",
+  "SimpleMapActivity"
 ]
\ No newline at end of file