this is how im gonna do,
i used relative layout as my parent layout, use the following code
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="@drawable/img_sample"/>
<View
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@drawable/gradiant"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:weightSum="1">
<View
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="0.55"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="0.25"
android:text="Events"
android:gravity="bottom"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:textColor="#ffffff"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="0.25"
android:text="Some description about the events goes here"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:textColor="#ffffff"/>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
hope you can figure out, here i attach my gradiant code below.use it inside the drawable folder....
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<gradient
android:angle="90"
android:endColor="#00ffffff"
android:startColor="#aa000000"
android:centerColor="#00ffffff" />
<corners android:radius="0dp" />
</shape>