How to draw a fading, dissolving color at Java?

Question

I would like to create a fading color effect, something like a cloud. A transition between two Color. I found a link. But, at this topic, the writer define an bitmap pixel by pixel. Is there an other way to do this, like a fadingDrawable class? Or this is the most effective way of fading?

Answer 1

Without knowing what specific libraries you're using, I can't be too specific, but as far as I know:

Most graphics libraries include some gradient functionality - this will probably be relatively fast.

And if they don't, I can't see any way to do it other than drawing the gradient pixel by pixel